nuts1 adjectivenuts2 interjection
nutsnuts1 /nʌts/ adjective [not before noun] informal 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Are you nuts or something?
- Hey, uniforms might be marvelous, but the notion they are a cure for the ills around us is nuts.
- I mean, that is just nuts.
- I think we are nuts Steve.
- I told you you were nuts to live up there.
- Joe especially is going nuts tonight.
- Now I know I was nuts to worry.
- That one dude, it was nuts.
THESAURUS
very strange or not sensible – used about people, ideas, and behaviour: · People think I’m crazy when I start talking about ghosts.· It was a crazy thing to do.
British English crazy: · Are you mad?· Whose mad idea was that?· At first, everyone thought he was completely mad.
informal (also bonkers British English) [not before noun] crazy: · The whole thing sounds completely nuts.· Have you gone bonkers?
informal crazy: · another loony suggestion· The man is totally loony.
completely crazy: · I know it sounds insane, but it’s true.
→ see also mentally illLongman Language Activatorto get angry also get mad American · Mike gets very angry when he loses at tennis.get angry at · You have no right to get mad at me. It's not my fault.
to suddenly become angry, especially after you have been trying not to: · As the argument escalated, Mason lost his temper completely.lose your temper with: · You should never lose your temper with the students - it'll only make things worse.
also go mad British informal to suddenly become very angry: · My father blew his top when I told him I was quitting medical school.· "What happened when you told him you wrecked the car?" "Oh, he hit the roof."· Mom would go crazy if she found out you had started smoking.· I'm going to go nuts if that phone doesn't stop ringing.· When Tommy's new bike was stolen, he had a fit.
also go ape American informal to suddenly become very angry: · If my wife ever finds out about this, she'll go berserk.· Joe went ape when we tried to take the car keys away from him outside the bar.
British informal to start behaving and talking to people in an angry way, especially when other people think this is unreasonable: · She's the sort of boss who gets really stroppy if things aren't done her way.· Mel got a bit stroppy when the maitre d' put us at a table he didn't like.
people someone who is crazy does things that are extremely strange or stupid: · My dad told me I was crazy to leave my job.· You agreed to marry him? Are you crazy?· crazy drivers who cause accidents· His friends thought he was crazy when he told them he was going to spend his entire vacation exploring a cave.completely/totally crazy: · Put that gun down! Are you totally crazy?crazy to do something: · You're crazy to lend him all that money - you'll never get it back.
also be crackers British spoken informal to be crazy: · People will think you're crackers if you go around talking to yourself like that.· The guy's completely nuts! He goes around in nothing but a pair of shorts in the middle of winter.
British spoken crazy: · You spent $190 on a pair of shoes? You must be mad!completely mad/barmy: · Monica's new boyfriend is completely barmy. He calls her almost every day from Australia.mad/barmy to do something: · She's mad to turn down an offer like that.· I must have been mad to let myself become involved with someone like Dennis.
especially spoken you say someone is insane or out of their mind if they do something or intend to do something that is completely crazy: · Anyone who would take a boat out in this weather must be insane.· Tell the police? Are you out of your mind?
say this when you think someone is crazy because they have done something that you do not approve of or agree with: · A man who would give his fourteen-year-old son a motorcycle has obviously taken leave of his senses.· If you ask me, anyone who believes in UFOs needs their head examined.
informal also dotty/batty British informal crazy - use this to describe someone, especially an old person, who behaves in a slightly strange but often amusing way: · Grandma can act kind of nutty at times.· My uncle frequently wore shoes which didn't match, and everyone thought he was a bit dotty.· Next door to us lived a batty old lady who used to have long conversations with her plants.
informal someone who is out to lunch or out of their tree behaves in a strange, confused way and does not seem to know what is happening around them: · Our English teacher's really out to lunch -- the class started five weeks ago and she hasn't even asked our names yet.· He is quoted as saying privately that he thinks the former prime minister is 'out of her tree'.
especially American, informal someone who seems unable to think clearly or do what they should do, and behaves in a strange but often amusing way: · Christy was kind of flaky, but everyone liked her.· You couldn't trust Sam to do anything important. He was too flaky.
also be a couple of cans short of a six-pack/be a few clowns short of a circus etc strange and slightly crazy: · I always thought Toby was one sandwich short of a picnic. Do you remember how he would sometimes work naked in the garden? · Come on. Let's face it - nobody trusts the guy because he's at least one clown short of a circus.
informal slightly crazy, often in an amusing way: · "Fernando can be really weird sometimes." "Yeah, he's got a screw loose, no question."
to make someone feel crazy to make someone feel crazy or behave in a crazy way: · I've just got to get another job -- this one's driving me nuts.· I can't wait to get my exam results. All this waiting is driving me insane.· I hate doing crossword puzzles -- they drive me mad.· Those kids are enough to drive anyone crazy. I'll be glad when they go back to school.
especially British, informal if something such as a lot of work, worry, or doing something you hate drives you round the bend or drives you round the twist , it makes you feel completely crazy: · I have so much to do at the moment. It's driving me round the twist.· She was really glad when she gave up teaching. It was driving her right round the bend.
to make someone feel crazy, especially by repeatedly doing something annoying: · Can you turn down that TV? It's driving me up the wall!· I love my husband, but he's driving me up the wall.
to start to feel crazy because you are extremely bored, worried, etc also go mad British informal to start feeling as if you are crazy, especially when you are in a very unpleasant or very boring situation: · I wouldn't last a month in a desk job. I'd just go crazy.· I'd go nuts if I had to get up that early every morning.· If the neighbors don't turn down that music, I'm going to go mad.
to become unable to think clearly or sensibly, especially because you are extremely bored or worried: · If I have to wait in one more line, I'm going to go out of my mind.· I'm with the kids all day, and I feel like I'm losing my mind.
British /go around the bend American informal to start feeling as if you are crazy, for example because you have so much work to do, you are extremely worried about something, or you hate the situation you are in so much: · I had such a heavy workload last semester that I almost went round the bend.· We hadn't heard from our daughter in days, and we were practically going round the bend.
to start to behave in a crazy and excited way also go mad British to start behaving in a crazy, uncontrolled way, especially when you are very excited: · The fans went crazy when the band came onto the stage.· During Carnival the entire city goes crazy for a week.· As soon as the dog hears anyone at the door he goes completely nuts.· When Italy scored the winning goal the crowd went mad.
to suddenly start behaving in an extremely wild, violent, and often frightening way: · When they tried to arrest him, he suddenly went berserk.· She went berserk and began shouting at everybody on the platform.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
I’m going to go nuts (=become crazy) if I don’t find a new job soon. Turn that radio off. It’s driving me nuts (=annoying me very much).
I’m going to go nuts (=become crazy) if I don’t find a new job soon. Turn that radio off. It’s driving me nuts (=annoying me very much).PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be nuts about/over somebody/something
1crazy: - But a man could go nuts sitting around wondering about what might happen.
- Every time Greene did something he went nuts, throwing his body around the field like a one-man Mardi Gras.
- It was pure magic and Philadelphia fans went nuts.
- Most of the walls are really light panels, so we don't go nuts from the dark.
- My classmate and I thought he had gone nuts.
- So don't go nuts - use those leftovers in the following recipes.
- The fans go nuts, stomping so loudly that they drown out the announcer.
- What if this man of yours just went nuts for no reason at all?
Are you nuts? I’m going to go nuts (=become crazy) if I don’t find a new job soon. Turn that radio off. It’s driving me nuts (=annoying me very much).2go nuts spoken a)to become very excited because something good has just happened: The crowd went nuts after the third touchdown. b)to become very angry about something: Mom’s going to go nuts if you don’t clean this mess up.3be nuts about/over somebody/something to like someone or something very much: My wife is nuts about kids.nuts1 adjectivenuts2 interjection
nutsnuts2 interjection American English old-fashioned 1used to emphasize that something bad or annoying has happened: Nuts! Now we’re going to be late for the movie.2 nuts to somebody/something used when you are angrily refusing to listen to someone or do something: ‘Nuts to that,’ he sneered, and left.