nut
- noun
- /nʌt/
- Informal
- You're nuts.
- think you're a nut
Even the nuttiest of nuts think Mike Johnson is a huge nut.
- Even the nuttiest of nuts think Mike Johnson is a huge nut.
- Like what are you talking about, you nut?
- The wife of Thomas is a nut bag.
- But what about a car jacker, you know, or, or a nut or an armed robber or who knows?
- So yeah, I was a bit of a nut case, yeah.
- I want to sit here and enjoy this pain and, and I, and I know the listeners hearing this are going to say, man, you're a fucking nut.
- The people here must be hopeless to vote for a nut case like me.
- The the civil lawsuits, Let's not forget that nut case, E Jean Carroll.
- And the times I'd seen him, he was just a nut job.
- I'm panicking about the little one trying to learn how to drive because she's the nut job, but it's it's going to be.
- They, they just did all sorts to her and her partner and, and, and she's nut case, you know, your psychopath really.
- Raleigh Mao, man, we thought that nut would never get out of your brother.
- But but this case she was off her nut crazy.
Examples
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I'm so angry, I'm going nuts.
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"Your mother comes to town and all the nuts come out," Dad says.
Fiction book (1996) -
Who are you talking to, nut case?
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Yeah, well, she is a nut job, and I'm not going on any date.
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It's a town full of nuts.
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But that religious nut in the background, you went after him, didn't you?
Fiction book (1992) -
Even the nuttiest of nuts think Mike Johnson is a huge nut.
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Some of them look at her like she's nuts, a few shake their heads, and one man finally stops.
Fiction book (1994) -
Reed looks at him like he's nuts as they turn a corner in the hallway.
Fiction book (1993) -
Everyone in the office thinks John is a total nut because of his wild ideas.
Synonyms
A person who behaves very strangely and may be dangerous
A person who behaves in a strange or wild way
A person who has strange or unrealistic ideas
A person who behaves in a very strange or wild way
A person who is often angry and has strange ideas
A person who behaves in an odd or funny way
A person who behaves in strange or silly ways
A person who acts silly or strange to make others laugh
A person who behaves in a strange, silly way
A person who acts in a silly or strange way
People call someone silly or crazy as a friendly joke
A person who behaves in a silly, playful way
An insulting word for a person who acts very silly or strange
A person who acts in a way that seems crazy
A person who acts silly and playful
A person with very foolish or wild ideas
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
- Indian
A seed chewed with betel leaves and lime to make you feel more awake, often in South and Southeast Asia
Two metal pieces, a bolt and a matching nut, that hold parts together by screwing
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
- Specialized
A bitter brown seed from a West African tree that contains caffeine and is used to flavor drinks
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 sweet moist loaf that has chopped dates and nuts, often eaten as a snack or dessert
A plant from Europe with small edible tubers that people eat and use to add flavor
- Indian
A seed from a palm tree chewed with betel leaves and lime in South and Southeast Asia
A medium-sized tree from southern Europe with a wide top that makes edible seeds like small almonds
A liquid from the nuts of a tropical tree that people use for cooking and for skin and hair
A tropical tree that produces large brown nuts containing caffeine used to make cola drinks
A bitter brown seed from a West African tree used to help people feel more awake and flavor cola
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
- Specialized
A small metal piece with six flat sides that screws onto a bolt to hold things together
A South American palm tree with no visible trunk that produces hard white nuts used for carving
- Jargon
A strong metal part that holds a helicopter's rotor to its shaft and whose failure can cause a crash
A grass-like plant with small round edible underground tubers that often grows as a weed
How Eccentric
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nut meaning an eccentric or slightly crazy person comes from informal use of nut for the 'head' or odd thoughts, giving the image of someone with a 'funny' head. So calling someone a nut is a light way to say they are odd or eccentric.