nuts

[ nuhts ]
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interjection
  1. Also nerts, nertz. (used to express disgust, defiance, disapproval, despair.)

adjective
  1. insane; crazy.

Idioms about nuts

  1. be nuts about,

    • to be extremely or excessively enthusiastic about; be fervent in one's admiration of: Both of them are nuts about chamber music.

    • to be deeply in love with: He's nuts about his new girlfriend.

Origin of nuts

1
First recorded in 1900–05; plural of nut

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British Dictionary definitions for nuts

nuts

/ (nʌts) /


adjective
  1. a slang word for insane

  2. (foll by about or on) slang extremely fond (of) or enthusiastic (about)

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

pl n
  1. a slang word for testicles: See testicle

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