Nutty

//ˈnʌti// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Common ·Middle school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Containing nuts.

    "This is a nutty chocolate bar."

  2. 2
    Resembling or characteristic of nuts.

    "Brown rice has had only its outer hull removed, leaving it with a beige color and a pleasantly nutty flavor."

  3. 3
    Barmy: eccentric, odd; crazy, mad, insane. slang

    "Near-synonyms: nuts; see also Thesaurus:insane"

  4. 4
    Extravagantly fashionable. Ireland, UK, dated

    "Skinner's friendship with his nutty pals seemed to have come to a sudden end."

Adjective
  1. 1
    informal or slang terms for mentally irregular wordnet
  2. 2
    having the flavor of nuts wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
nuts5150;abnormalabsurdanomalous

Example

More examples

"Tom is as nutty as a fruitcake."

Etymology

From nut + -y.

Related phrases

nutty Irishmannutty as a fruitcakenutty slacknutty as fruitcake

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