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nutty
nut·ty N0199400 (nŭt′ē)adj. nut·ti·er, nut·ti·est 1. Containing or producing nuts: nutty trees.2. Having a flavor like that of nuts: The wild turkey often has a nutty taste when cooked.3. Slang Crazy; idiotic: a nutty idea. nut′ti·ly adv.nut′ti·ness n.nutty (ˈnʌtɪ) adj, -tier or -tiest1. containing or abounding in nuts2. resembling nuts, esp in taste3. informal Also: nutsy insane; crazy4. informal (foll by: over or about) extremely fond (of) or enthusiastic (about) ˈnuttily adv ˈnuttiness nnut•ty (ˈnʌt i) adj. -ti•er, -ti•est. 1. abounding in or producing nuts. 2. nutlike, esp. in flavor. 3. Slang. a. silly or ridiculous. b. eccentric; queer. c. insane. [1655–65] nut′ti•ly, adv. nut′ti•ness, n. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | nutty - having the flavor of nuts; "a nutty sherry"nutliketasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel" | | 2. | nutty - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, nuts, round the bend, around the bend, balmy, barmy, wacky, whacky, loopy, fruity, crackedinsane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" |
nuttyadjective (Informal) mad, crazy (informal), bananas (slang), barking (slang), mental (slang), crackers (Brit. slang), batty (slang), insane, crazed, loony (slang), demented, cuckoo (informal), unbalanced, barmy (slang), deranged, bonkers (slang, chiefly Brit.), flaky (U.S. slang), unhinged, loopy (informal), crackpot (informal), out to lunch (informal), round the bend (Brit. slang), barking mad (slang), out of your mind, gonzo (slang), screwy (informal), doolally (slang), off your head (slang), off your trolley (slang), round the twist (Brit. slang), up the pole (informal), of unsound mind, as daft as a brush (informal, chiefly Brit.), not right in the head, non compos mentis (Latin), off your rocker (slang), not the full shilling (informal), off your nut (slang), off your chump (slang), wacko or whacko (informal), a sausage short of a fry-up (slang) That's a nutty idea. People used to think I was nutty because I talked to my plants.nuttyadjectiveSlang. Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony.Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, screwy, wacky.Chiefly British: crackers.Law: non compos mentis.Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.Translationsnut (nat) noun1. a fruit consisting of a single seed in a hard shell. a hazel-nut; a walnut. 堅果 坚果2. a small round piece of metal with a hole through it, for screwing on the end of a bolt to hold pieces of wood, metal etc together. a nut and bolt. 螺帽 螺母,螺帽 ˈnutty adjective1. containing, or tasting of, nuts. a nutty flavour. 含堅果的,有堅果味的 产坚果的,有坚果味的 2. a slang word for mad. He's quite nutty. (俚語)發瘋的,古怪的 (口)发疯的,狂热的 ˈnutcracker noun (usually in plural) an instrument for cracking nuts open. a pair of nutcrackers. 堅果壓碎器,胡桃鉗 夹碎坚果的钳子,胡桃钳 ˈnutshell noun the hard covering of a nut. 堅果殼 坚果壳in a nutshell expressed, described etc very briefly. I'll tell you the story in a nutshell. 一言以蔽之 简单概括
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be (as) nutty as a fruitcakeslang To be crazy and/or wacky. Usually used humorously. Don't listen to a word he says, he's as nutty as a fruitcake! You're nutty as a fruitcake if you think that plan will work.See also: fruitcake, nutty(as) nutty as a fruitcakeCrazy or wacky. Usually used humorously. The kids are always nutty as fruitcakes when they've had something sugary to eat. My Aunt Jeannie has always been nutty as a fruitcake.See also: fruitcake, nuttynuttier than a fruitcakeCrazy or wacky. Usually used humorously. The kids are always nuttier than fruitcakes when they've had something sugary to eat. My Aunt Jeannie has always been nuttier than a fruitcake.See also: fruitcake, nuttybe nutty about (someone or something)To be very passionate and enthusiastic about someone or something. My daughter is nutty about sports—she's currently playing soccer, taking swimming lessons, and playing tennis.See also: nutty*nutty as a fruitcake and nuttier than a fruitcakecrazy. (*Also: as ~.) Don't pay any attention to John; he's nutty as a fruitcake. Mary's schemes for making money are nuttier than a fruitcake.See also: fruitcake, nuttynutty as a fruitcakeCrazy, idiotic, as in Mary's nutty as a fruitcake if she thinks she can get away with that. The adjective nutty meaning "insane" was first recorded in 1821; the similarity to fruitcake, which literally contains nuts as well as fruit, was first recorded in 1935. See also: fruitcake, nuttynutty as a fruitcake BRITISH, INFORMALIf someone is as nutty as a fruitcake, they are crazy. The man is a charmer — intense, funny, and nutty as a fruitcake. Note: `Nutty' or `nuts' is an informal word for mad. Nutty can also mean containing a lot of nuts in the way that a fruitcake often does. See also: fruitcake, nuttybe nutty about like very much. informalSee also: nuttynutty as a fruitcake completely crazy. informal Nutty meaning ‘mad or crazy’ dates from the late 19th century, and this phrase, punning on the sense of ‘full of nuts’, from the 1930s. Fruitcake is also used on its own to mean ‘a crazy or eccentric person’.See also: fruitcake, nutty(as) nutty as a ˈfruitcake (informal, humorous) (of a person) completely crazy: He’s as nutty as a fruitcake. Do you know what he did yesterday? He had lunch outside in the pouring rain.See also: fruitcake, nutty(as) nutty as a fruitcake mod. very silly or stupid. The whole idea is as nutty as a fruitcake. See also: fruitcake, nuttynutty as a fruitcake verbSee as nutty as a fruitcakeSee also: fruitcake, nuttynutty mod. silly; giddy; stupid. What a nutty idea! nuttier than a fruitcakeCrazy, eccentric. This term originated in America about 1920 and transfers the actual nuts in a fruitcake to the colloquial meaning of nutty as crazy. The term later gave rise to the usage fruitcake for an eccentric individual.See also: fruitcake, nuttyEncyclopediaSeeNutMedicalSeenutnutty
Synonyms for nuttyadj madSynonyms- mad
- crazy
- bananas
- barking
- mental
- crackers
- batty
- insane
- crazed
- loony
- demented
- cuckoo
- unbalanced
- barmy
- deranged
- bonkers
- flaky
- unhinged
- loopy
- crackpot
- out to lunch
- round the bend
- barking mad
- out of your mind
- gonzo
- screwy
- doolally
- off your head
- off your trolley
- round the twist
- up the pole
- of unsound mind
- as daft as a brush
- not right in the head
- non compos mentis
- off your rocker
- not the full shilling
- off your nut
- off your chump
- wacko or whacko
- a sausage short of a fry-up
Synonyms for nuttyadj afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundnessSynonyms- brainsick
- crazy
- daft
- demented
- disordered
- distraught
- dotty
- insane
- lunatic
- mad
- maniac
- maniacal
- mentally ill
- moonstruck
- off
- touched
- unbalanced
- unsound
- wrong
- bonkers
- cracked
- daffy
- gaga
- loony
- bananas
- batty
- buggy
- cuckoo
- fruity
- loco
- nuts
- screwy
- wacky
- crackers
- non compos mentis
Synonyms for nuttyadj having the flavor of nutsSynonymsRelated Wordsadj informal or slang terms for mentally irregularSynonyms- bats
- batty
- bonkers
- buggy
- crackers
- daft
- dotty
- haywire
- kookie
- kooky
- loco
- loony
- nuts
- round the bend
- around the bend
- balmy
- barmy
- wacky
- whacky
- loopy
- fruity
- cracked
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