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nuts

  [nuhts] Slang.
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–interjection
1. Also, nerts, nertz. (used to express disgust, defiance, disapproval, despair).
–adjective
2. insane; crazy.
—Idiom
3. be nuts about,
a. to be extremely or excessively enthusiastic about; be fervent in one's admiration of: Both of them are nuts about chamber music.
b. to be deeply in love with: He's nuts about his new girlfriend.
Origin:
1900–05; pl. of nut
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nut

  [nuht] noun, verb, nut⋅ted, nut⋅ting.
–noun
1. a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
2. the kernel itself.
3. Botany. a hard, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit, as the chestnut or the acorn.
4. any of various devices or ornaments resembling a nut.
5. 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.
6. Slang. the head.
7. Slang.
a. a person who is very enthusiastic about something; buff; enthusiast; devotee: He's a real circus nut.
b. an extremely concerned or zealous person: My boss is a nut on double-checking everything.
8. Slang.
a. a foolish, silly, or eccentric person.
b. Offensive. an insane person; psychotic.
9. Slang: Vulgar. a testis.
10. Informal.
a. the operating expenses, usually figured weekly, of a theatrical production or other commercial enterprise; a break-even point.
b. the total cost of producing a theatrical production or of forming and opening any new business venture.
11. Music. (in instruments of the violin family)
a. the ledge, as of ebony, at the upper end of the fingerboard, over which the strings pass.
b. the movable piece at the lower end of the bow, by means of which the hairs may be slackened or tightened.
12. Printing. en (def. 2).
–verb (used without object)
13. to seek for or gather nuts: to go nutting in late autumn.
—Idioms
14. from soup to nuts. soup (def. 7).
15. hard nut to crack,
a. a problem difficult to solve; a formidable undertaking.
b. a person difficult to know, understand, or convince.
Also, tough nut to crack.
16. off one's nut, Slang.
a. Sometimes Offensive. foolish, silly, or insane.
b. confused; unreasonable.
c. mistaken or wrong: You're off your nut if you think such a plan can succeed.
Origin:
bef. 900; 1900–05 for def. 8b; ME nute, OE hnutu; c. D noot, G Nuss, ON hnot; akin to L nux

Related forms:
nutlike, adjective

Nut

  [noot]
–noun Egyptian Religion.
the goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside.

en

  [en]
–noun
1. the letter N, n.
2. Also called nut. Printing. half of the width of an em.
–adjective
3. Printing. having the area of an en quad or the length of an en: en quad; en dash.
Origin:
1785–95
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n.  

    1. An indehiscent, hard-shelled, one-loculated, one-seeded fruit, such as an acorn or hazelnut.

    2. A seed borne within a fruit having a hard shell, as in the peanut, almond, or walnut.

    3. The kernel of any of these.

    4. A crazy or eccentric person.

    5. An enthusiast; a buff: a movie nut.

    6. A ridge of wood at the top of the fingerboard or neck of a stringed instrument, over which the strings pass.

    7. A device at the lower end of the bow for a stringed instrument, used for tightening the hairs.

    8. The cost of launching a business venture.

    9. The operating expenses of a theater, theatrical production, or similar enterprise: "The [theater] has simply failed to attract enough paying customers per week to meet its nut" (Variety).

  2. Slang

    1. A crazy or eccentric person.

    2. An enthusiast; a buff: a movie nut.

    3. A ridge of wood at the top of the fingerboard or neck of a stringed instrument, over which the strings pass.

    4. A device at the lower end of the bow for a stringed instrument, used for tightening the hairs.

    5. The cost of launching a business venture.

    6. The operating expenses of a theater, theatrical production, or similar enterprise: "The [theater] has simply failed to attract enough paying customers per week to meet its nut" (Variety).

  3. Informal A difficult endeavor or problem: Painting the closet was a tough nut to crack.

  4. Slang The human head.

  5. Music

    1. A ridge of wood at the top of the fingerboard or neck of a stringed instrument, over which the strings pass.

    2. A device at the lower end of the bow for a stringed instrument, used for tightening the hairs.

    3. The cost of launching a business venture.

    4. The operating expenses of a theater, theatrical production, or similar enterprise: "The [theater] has simply failed to attract enough paying customers per week to meet its nut" (Variety).

  6. A small block of metal or wood with a central, threaded hole that is designed to fit around and secure a bolt or screw.

  7. Slang

    1. The cost of launching a business venture.

    2. The operating expenses of a theater, theatrical production, or similar enterprise: "The [theater] has simply failed to attract enough paying customers per week to meet its nut" (Variety).

  8. Vulgar Slang A testicle.

intr.v.   nut·ted, nut·ting, nuts
To gather or hunt for nuts.

[Middle English nute, from Old English hnutu.]
nut'ter n.
nuts   (nŭts)   
adj.  

  1. Crazy; insane.

  2. Extremely enthusiastic: I'm nuts about opera.

interj.  Used to express contempt, disappointment, or refusal.

[From nut.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
nut

  1. n.
    an odd or strange person; a crazy person. : Some nut is going to try to fly from the top of one building to another.
  2. n.
    [one's] head. : The baseball came in fast. Clonk! Right on the nut!
  3. n.
    an enthusiast (about something). : Paul is a nut about chocolate cake.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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nuts

and nutz
  1. mod.
    crazy. (There is no difference in pronunciation between nuts and nutz.) : That whole idea is just nuts!
  2. exclam.
    No!; I don't believe you!; I don't care! (Usually Nuts!) : Oh, nuts! I forgot my wallet.
  3. n.
    the testicles. (Usually objectionable.) : Chuck got kneed in the nuts in a football game.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

nut 
"hard seed," O.E. hnutu, from P.Gmc. *khnut- (cf. O.N. hnot, Du. noot, O.H.G. hnuz, Ger. nuß "nut"), from PIE *knu- "lump" (cf. L. nux, see nucleus). Sense of "testicle" is attested from 1915. Nuts as a derisive retort is attested from 1931. The nut that goes onto a bolt is first recorded 1611 (used of other small mechanical pieces since 1426). Amer.Eng. slang sense of "amount of money required for something" is first recorded 1912. Nuts and bolts "fundamentals" is from 1960.

nuts  (adj.)
"crazy," 1846, from earlier be nutts upon "be very fond of" (1785), which is possibly from nuts (n., pl.) "any source of pleasure" (1617), from nut (q.v.). Sense influenced probably by metaphoric application of nut to "head" (1846, e.g. to be off one's nut "be insane," 1860). Nut "crazy person, crank" is attested from 1903, (British form nutter first attested 1958). Connection with the slang "testicle" sense has tended to nudge it toward taboo. "On the N.B.C. network, it is forbidden to call any character a nut; you have to call him a screwball." ["New Yorker," Dec. 23, 1950] "Please eliminate the expression 'nuts to you' from Egbert's speech." [Request from the Hays Office regarding the script of "The Bank Dick," 1940] This desire for avoidance accounts for the euphemism nerts (c.1925). Nutty "crazy" is first attested 1898.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Nuts

were among the presents Jacob sent into Egypt for the purpose of conciliating Joseph (Gen. 43:11). This was the fruit of the pistachio tree, which resembles the sumac. It is of the size of an olive. In Cant. 6:11 a different Hebrew word ('egoz), which means "walnuts," is used.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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