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nut·ty

(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.

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nutty

(ˈnʌtɪ)

adj, -tier or -tiest

1. containing or abounding in nuts

2. resembling nuts, esp in taste

3. informal Also: nutsy insane; crazy

4. informal (foll by: over or about) extremely fond (of) or enthusiastic (about)

ˈnuttily adv

ˈnuttiness n

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nut•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.

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Adj.	1.	nutty - having the flavor of nuts; "a nutty sherry" nutlike tasty - 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, nuts, round the bend, around the bend, balmy, barmy, wacky, whacky, loopy, fruity, cracked insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

nutty

adjective (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.

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nutty

adjective

Slang. 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.

Translations

ذو طّعْم الجَوز أو اللوزمَخْبول، مُخْتَل العَقْل

ořechovýpraštěný

skør

bekloppt nussig nussreich verrückt

chalado chiflado con nueces

cinglé aromatique

dióízû

hnetu-, meî hnetumklikkaîur

alle noci che sa di noce matto per ricco di noci

orzechowy

помешанный свихнувшийся

cevizlidelifındık ya da ceviz tadı olanfındıklıkaçık

产坚果的发疯的有坚果味的狂热的

nutty

[ˈnʌtɪ] ADJ (nuttier (compar) (nuttiest (superl)))

1. [cake] → con nueces; [taste] → a nuez; [sherry] → almendrado, avellanado; [colour] → de nuez

2. (= crazy) → chiflado
to be nutty about sth → estar loco por algo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

nutty

[ˈnʌti] adj

[flavour] → de noisette

[person] → cinglé(e) , dingue
as nutty as a fruitcake → complètement cinglé(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

nutty

adj (+er)

(= like nuts) → nussartig; (= with nuts) → mit Nüssen; aroma → nussig; nutty flavour → Nussgeschmack m

(inf: = crazy) → bekloppt (inf); to be nutty about somebody/something → ganz verrückt nach jdm/auf etw (acc) → sein (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

nutty

[ˈnʌtɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))

a. (flavour, taste) → di noce (or nocciola or mandorla ); (cake) → di frutta secca; (chocolate) → alla nocciola

b. (fam) → pazzo/a, matto/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

nut

(nat) noun

1. a fruit consisting of a single seed in a hard shell. a hazel-nut; a walnut.

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.

ˈnutty adjective

1. containing, or tasting of, nuts. a nutty flavour.

2. a slang word for mad. He's quite nutty.

ˈnutcracker noun

(usually in plural) an instrument for cracking nuts open. a pair of nutcrackers.

ˈnutshell noun

the hard covering of a nut.

in a nutshell

expressed, described etc very briefly. I'll tell you the story in a nutshell.

nutty

a. abundante en nueces, con sabor a nueces; pop. [crazy] loco-a, chiflado-a.

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