Nuts

  • 41nuts — [nʌts] adj informal crazy He d be nuts to take that job.[/ex] • drive sb nuts to make someone very annoyed[/ex] go nuts to suddenly become extremely angry[/ex] nuts about/over extremely enthusiastic about something, or very attracted to… …

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  • 42nuts — /nʌts / (say nuts) Colloquial –interjection 1. (an expression of defiance, disgust, etc.) –adjective 2. crazy; insane. –phrase 3. do one s nuts over, to be infatuated with. 4. nuts about (or on){{}} (or over), overwhelmingly …

  • 43nuts —  1. adj. Mad.  2. n. Testicles.  3. nuts on Devoted to. Keenly interested in.  4. be dead nuts on Be very fond of. nuts and bolts Basics. Essentials …

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  • 44nuts — adjective Date: 1785 1. enthusiastic, keen < nuts for animals and children Rick Reilly > 2. insane, crazy < said that it was a novel and all the people who said otherwise were nuts Flannery O Connor > …

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  • 45nuts — I. adj 1a. crazy, absurd, insane. An American ism from the turn of the 20th century, adopted elsewhere before World War II, it derives ultimately from the 19th century notion of off one s nut , a slang version of the colloquial off one s head .&#8230; …

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  • 46nuts — I. crazy, around the bend, off your rocker    If that phone rings once more I ll go nuts! II. oh no, darn, rats, sheesh    When he doesn t catch the ball, he says, Nuts! …

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  • 47nuts — adjective, informal 1) they thought we were nuts See mad 1) 2) he s nuts about her Syn: infatuated with, devoted to, in love with, smitten with, enamored of, hot for, keen on; informal mad about …

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  • 48nuts — adj. & int. adj. sl. crazy, mad, eccentric. int. sl. an expression of contempt or derision (nuts to you). Phrases and idioms: be nuts about (or on) colloq. be enthusiastic about or very fond of …

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  • 49nuts — Fruit Fruit, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See {Brook}, v. t., and cf. {Fructify}, {Frugal}.] 1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or&#8230; …

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  • 50nuts — Synonyms and related words: balmy, bananas, barmy, bats, batty, beany, bonkers, buggy, bughouse, bugs, cracked, crackers, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, demented, dippy, dotty, flaky, flipped, freaked out, fruitcakey, fruity, gaga, goofy, haywire,&#8230; …

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