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View synonyms for nuts

nuts

[ nuhts ]

interjection

  1. Also nertz. (used to express disgust, defiance, disapproval, despair.)

adjective

  1. insane; crazy.

nuts

/ nʌts /

adjective

  1. a slang word for insane
  2. slang.
    foll byabout or on extremely fond (of) or enthusiastic (about)

interjection

  1. slang.
    an expression of disappointment, contempt, refusal, or defiance

plural noun

  1. a slang word for testicles See testicle

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nuts1

First recorded in 1900–05; plural of nut

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. be nuts about,
    1. to be extremely or excessively enthusiastic about; be fervent in one's admiration of:

      Both of them are nuts about chamber music.

    2. to be deeply in love with:

      He's nuts about his new girlfriend.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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