nutty
Americanadjective
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abounding in or producing nuts.
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nutlike, especially in flavor.
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Slang.
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silly or ridiculous.
a nutty suggestion.
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eccentric; queer.
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very or excessively interested, excited, or the like.
He's nutty about Mexican food.
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full of flavor or zest; lively; stimulating; meaty.
He offered several rich, nutty ideas on the subject.
adjective
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containing or abounding in nuts
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resembling nuts, esp in taste
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a slang word for insane
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informal extremely fond (of) or enthusiastic (about)
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Beloved for its mildly sweet, nutty flavour and velvety texture, it later evolved into a party food, consumed as a jam or stewed with sticky rice balls in coconut milk.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
I melted the butter and miso together until fragrant and faintly nutty, then brushed it over sourdough and baked the slices until deeply golden.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
I made the author’s Brown Butter Buckwheat Madeleines at home, careful not to mimic her mistakes, and was pleasantly surprised by their rich, nutty taste.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
A Japanese drink made from green tea, hojicha is dry-roasted at high temperatures to produce a distinctive aroma and nutty flavour.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
He thought they had a nice sort of nutty taste.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
It’s nuts that we’re inching toward the dream of a capable home robot, and even nuttier that some will start inviting it into their homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
Take for example brown butter pasta sauce, which touts a richer, nuttier flavor profile compared to sauces made with just melted butter.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2025
I won’t, since that would be even nuttier as well as narcissistic.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2023
I also thought up an explanation for some of the nuttier cultural practices detailed in Dawn.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 28, 2022
“Yeah, that boy’s nuttier than a honey cluster,” they might say.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
From Sauvignon Bark, the new wine for dogs, to the nuttiest of combat sports...
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
It’s far less effective in an ostensibly more unhinged, unbridled work like “Beau Is Afraid,” where even the most surreal intrusion and the nuttiest non sequitur feels calculated to within an inch of its life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023
On Saturday night, the nuttiest competition met the largest, tightest pandemic sports bubble ever devised.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2022
Mr. Petty’s nuttiest contribution to the video era was “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” from 1985.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2017
He was, Eloquent decided grimly, a "knut" of the nuttiest flavour; from the top of his exceedingly smooth head to his admirable grey spats and well-shaped boots, a thoroughly well-dressed young man.
From The Ffolliots of Redmarley by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker
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