nerts
/nəːts/(also nertz, nurts, nurtz) informal (originally and chiefly US )
adjective
‘Nuts’, crazy. Now somewhat rare.
exclamation
Expressing annoyance, exasperation, incredulity, etc.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Joseph Patrick McEvoy (1895–1958). Representing a humorous pronunciation of the plural of nut, perhaps partly as euphemistic alteration.
- power bandwidth
- power bar
- power base
- powerbeads
- power behind the throne
- power bloc
- power block
- power board
- powerboat
- powerboater
- powerboating
- powerbox
- power brake
- power breaker
- power breakfast
- power broker
- power-broking
- power buzzer
- power cable
- power car
- power center
- power-centered
- power centre
- power-centred
- power chord