nuts
Also nerts, nertz. (used to express disgust, defiance, disapproval, despair.)
insane; crazy.
Idioms about nuts
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.
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How to use nuts in a sentence
Everyone I know in academia is a little bit nuts, so it’s a perfect breeding ground for drama and comedy.
Nana Mensah On Her Directorial Debut ‘Queen Of Glory,’ Netflix’s ‘The Chair’ & Doing It All | Brande Victorian | August 27, 2021 | Essence.comWhile his colleagues called him nuts, Flynt hired a militia’s worth of lawyers and lobbyists.
Why the OnlyFans Porn Mess Is a Wake-Up Call for Sex Workers | Cherie DeVille | August 26, 2021 | The Daily BeastThe news came as hospitalizations within the region spiked, again, and across the country news was going nuts about increased cases, hospitalizations and the data about how even vaccinated people are spreading the SARS-Cov-2 virus.
Politics Report: Property Tax for Parks and Libraries? | Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts | July 31, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoI feel like an idiot, but I do it because the whining drives me nuts.
Some people go to extreme lengths to soothe their neurotic dogs | John Kelly | July 21, 2021 | Washington PostIt’s so good, so self-consciously nuts, that you could probably just stop watching there and be perfectly satisfied.
Netflix's Army of the Dead Is a Heaping Dish of Turn-Off-Your-Brain Entertainment | Stephanie Zacharek | May 21, 2021 | Time
His detail seeking in our meetings is compulsive and a little nuts.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn another case, a whole plate of uneaten food (including nuts, hummus and raisins) was pureed and inserted rectally.
‘Rectal Feeding’ Has Nothing to Do with Nutrition, Everything to Do with Torture | Russell Saunders | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf you tend to inhale your food without realizing how much you consumed, opt for nibbles like in-shell pistachio nuts.
12 Thanksgiving Weight Loss Tips That Actually Work | DailyBurn | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBecause this food source could abruptly disappear at any time, cutworm moths cannot be counted on to replace pine nuts.
Meat, especially outside the park, is a nutritious but deadly alternative to pine nuts.
The nuts are cut into thin slices and wrapped in the leaves of a singular plant called buyo.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeThe two animal friends soon came to where some of the acorn nuts had fallen off a tree, and they ate as many as they wanted.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard BarnumThe savages also cultivated ground-nuts, of several varieties; among them,299 Arachis hypoga and Apios tuberosa.
The treasure consisted in this case of a quantity of bent and rusty nails of all sizes, and a few screws and nuts.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerOnce a big hog came up and tried to eat the nuts out of a basket.
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
British Dictionary definitions for nuts
/ (nʌts) /
a slang word for insane
(foll by about or on) slang extremely fond (of) or enthusiastic (about)
slang an expression of disappointment, contempt, refusal, or defiance
a slang word for testicles: See testicle
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