nuts Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun usually large hard-shelled seed
   nut.
   
2. noun Egyptian goddess of the sky
   Nut.
   
3. noun a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
   nut.
   
4. noun half the width of an em
   nut; en.
   
5. noun a whimsically eccentric person
   screwball; fruitcake; nut case; nut; crackpot; crank.
   
6. noun someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
   nut; freak; addict; junkie; junky.
   
   • a golf addict
   • a car nut
   • a bodybuilding freak
   • a news junkie
7. noun one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
   testis; ball; orchis; nut; ballock; bollock; egg; testicle.
   
   • she kicked him in the balls and got away
8. verb gather nuts
   nut.
   
9. adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
   loco; wacky; loopy; bats; haywire; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; loony; whacky; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
   
   • it used to drive my husband balmy

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