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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nuts /nʌts/USA pronunciation [Slang.]interj. - Slang Terms(used to express feelings of disgust, defiance, disapproval, despair, etc.):"Nuts; late again,'' he groaned.
adj. [be + ~] - Slang Termsinsane;
crazy:I'm going nuts with all this work.
Idioms- Idioms be nuts about, [~ + object] to admire fervently;
love deeply:He's nuts about baseball.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nuts (nuts),USA pronunciation [Slang.]interj. - Slang TermsAlso, nerts, nertz. (used to express disgust, defiance, disapproval, despair).
adj. - Slang Termsinsane;
crazy. - Slang Terms be nuts about:
- Idiomsto be extremely or excessively enthusiastic about;
be fervent in one's admiration of:Both of them are nuts about chamber music. - Idiomsto be deeply in love with:He's nuts about his new girlfriend.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nuts /nʌts/ adj - a slang word for insane
- followed by about or on: slang extremely fond (of) or enthusiastic (about)
interj - slang an expression of disappointment, contempt, refusal, or defiance
nut /nʌt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Food, Botanya dry fruit made up of a kernel that may be eaten, and enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- Botanythe kernel itself.
- Botanya hard, one-seeded fruit, as the chestnut or the acorn.
- a block, usually of metal, made with a threaded hole so that it can be screwed down on a bolt to hold together objects through which the bolt passes.
- Slang Termsa person who is greatly interested in or enthusiastic about something;
devotee:She's a sports nut. - Slang Terms
- a foolish, silly, or eccentric person.
- an insane person.
Idioms- a hard or tough nut to crack:
- Idiomsa difficult problem:Getting a tax refund this year is going to be a tough nut to crack.
- Idiomsa person difficult to understand or convince.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nut (nut),USA pronunciation n., v., nut•ted, nut•ting. n. - Food, Botanya dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- Botanythe kernel itself.
- Botanya hard, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit, as the chestnut or the acorn.
- any of various devices or ornaments resembling a nut.
- a block, usually of metal and generally square or hexagonal, perforated with a threaded hole so that it can be screwed down on a bolt to hold together objects through which the bolt passes.
- Slang Termsthe head.
- Slang Terms
- a person who is very enthusiastic about something;
buff;
enthusiast;
devotee:He's a real circus nut. - an extremely concerned or zealous person:My boss is a nut on double-checking everything.
- Slang Terms
- a foolish, silly, or eccentric person.
- [Offensive.]an insane person;
psychotic.
- Slang Terms(vulgar). a testis.
- Show Business, Informal Terms[Informal.]
- the operating expenses, usually figured weekly, of a theatrical production or other commercial enterprise;
a break-even point. - the total cost of producing a theatrical production or of forming and opening any new business venture.
- Music and Dance(in instruments of the violin family)
- the ledge, as of ebony, at the upper end of the fingerboard, over which the strings pass.
- the movable piece at the lower end of the bow, by means of which the hairs may be slackened or tightened.
- Printingen (def. 2).
- Idioms from soup to nuts. See soup (def. 6).
- hard nut to crack:
- Idiomsa problem difficult to solve;
a formidable undertaking. - Idiomsa person difficult to know, understand, or convince. Also, tough nut to crack.
- Slang Terms off one's nut:
- Idioms[Sometimes Offensive.]foolish, silly, or insane.
- Idiomsconfused;
unreasonable. - Idiomsmistaken or wrong:You're off your nut if you think such a plan can succeed.
v.i. - to seek for or gather nuts:to go nutting in late autumn.
- bef. 900; 1900–05 for def. 8b; Middle English nute, Old English hnutu; cognate with Dutch noot, German Nuss, Old Norse hnot; akin to Latin nux
- Eastern Religionsthe goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside.
N.U.T., [Brit.]- British TermsNational Union of Teachers.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nut /nʌt/ n - a dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit that usually possesses a woody wall
- (not in technical use) any similar fruit, such as the walnut, having a hard shell and an edible kernel
- the edible kernel of such a fruit
- slang an eccentric person
- a slang word for head
- do one's nut ⇒ Brit slang to be extremely angry; go into a rage
- off one's nut ⇒ slang mad, crazy, or foolish
- a person or thing that presents difficulties (esp in the phrase a tough or hard nut to crack)
- a small square or hexagonal block, usu. metal, with a threaded hole through the middle for screwing on the end of a bolt
- Also called (US and Canadian): frog the ledge or ridge at the upper end of the fingerboard of a violin, cello, etc, over which the strings pass to the tuning pegs
- the end of a violin bow that is held by the player
- a small usually gingery biscuit
- Brit a small piece of coal
vb (nuts, nutting, nutted)- (intransitive) to gather nuts
See also nutsEtymology: Old English hnutu; related to Old Norse hnot, Old High German hnuz (German Nuss) |