nut
- noun
- /nʌt/
- Informal
- I'm betting you do think that he's nuts, don't you?
- a car nut
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- He sees a health nut into all the same things, like really.
- Like you are a food nut and a fried chicken lover.
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- People probably think I'm a Nietzsche nut, but but I'm a philosophy nut instead.
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Examples
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I mean, it's fun to be a nut on the abortion thing.
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I'm starting to realize how nuts I am about this stuff.
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Which leads me to this nut over at The Cut.
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"You are really nuts for a kid your age," she said.
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Like you are a food nut and a fried chicken lover.
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- You're a nut for the stage.
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He was nuts about her, too.
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People probably think I'm a Nietzsche nut, but but I'm a philosophy nut instead.
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You're completely nuts.
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He's such a film nut; he watches every new release and talks about them for hours.
Synonyms
A person who loves something and follows it closely, like news or tech
A person who is very excited about one activity, like music or sport
An offensive word for a person who is very into something, for example video games
A person who loves something and spends a lot of time on it
A person who likes an activity very much and spends a lot of time doing it
A person who likes something so much it seems extreme
A person who is very interested in one thing, like games or news
A person who thinks about one thing too much
A fan of car racing who pays too much attention to small race details
Idioms
- Offensive
To release semen during sex and used jokingly to show extreme excitement
To use much more effort or help than needed to do a small task
- Informal
To use far more force or effort than needed for a small task
Compounds
Two metal pieces, a bolt and a matching nut, that hold parts together by screwing
- Indian
A seed chewed with betel leaves and lime to make you feel more awake, often in South and Southeast Asia
A bitter brown seed from a West African tree used to help people feel more awake and flavor cola
- Specialized
A bitter brown seed from a West African tree that contains caffeine and is used to flavor drinks
A sweet moist loaf that has chopped dates and nuts, often eaten as a snack or dessert
- Indian
A seed from a palm tree chewed with betel leaves and lime in South and Southeast Asia
- Specialized
A small metal piece with six flat sides that screws onto a bolt to hold things together
A grasslike plant with small edible parts under the ground that often grows as a weed
A liquid from the nuts of a tropical tree that people use for cooking and for skin and hair
- Specialized
A small metal piece with four flat sides that fits on a bolt to hold things together
A large tree from the eastern United States that makes very big, sweet nuts
A grass-like plant with small round edible underground tubers that often grows as a weed
- Specialized
A small metal piece you tighten to press seal material and stop leaks on valves or pumps
- Specialized
A large South American evergreen tree that makes edible seeds used for cooking oil
A large nut you can eat with a hard brown shell and creamy white inside from South America
- Specialized
A shrub that attaches to hemlock roots and has small green flowers and soft fruits
- Specialized
A large nut from a palm that gives oil and has a hard shell carved like ivory
A thick cooking oil from the nuts of a cohune palm that people also use to make soap
A fragrant black seed from the tonka bean tree used like vanilla in food and perfume
- Specialized
A hard brown nut from a South American palm used for carving and instead of ivory
A plant from Europe with small edible tubers that people eat and use to add flavor
A medium-sized tree from southern Europe with a wide top that makes edible seeds like small almonds
A tropical tree that produces large brown nuts containing caffeine used to make cola drinks
A small pine tree from Mexico and southern Texas with edible seeds and short needles
- UK
A large brown nut from an African tree that contains caffeine and gives cola flavor
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Etymology
Nut meaning an enthusiast comes from slang that used nut for the 'head' or for a strong interest, so a 'movie nut' is someone with films always in their head. So a nut is a person who is very excited or obsessed with one thing.