nut·case

also nut case (nŭt′kās′)

n. Slang

A crazy or eccentric person.

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nutcase

(ˈnʌtˌkeɪs)

slang an insane or very foolish person

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

nutcase - someone deranged and possibly dangerous

crazy, looney, weirdo

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

lunatic, madman, maniac - an insane person

Translations

tipo matto

nutcase

[ˈnʌtkeɪs] N → chiflado/a m/f, chalado/a m/f

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

nutcase

[ˈnʌtkeɪs] n (= crazy person) → cinglé(e) m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

nutcase

[ˈnʌtˌkeɪs] n (fam) → matto/a, pazzo/a, pazzerello/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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The 'typical nutcase' teammate, fans' weird requests for dirty underwear and a somewhat vertically-challenged five-a-side team - it's all in here....

West Ham hero Ian Bishop on his 'nutcase' teammate, fans' weird underwear requests and the maverick he looked up to; In the latest Mirror Football 'Legend's XI' Q&A, Bishop also names the best player on the planet right now (not Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo) and picks his ultimate, if somewhat controversial, five-a-side team

Mr Ashcroft, who has worked as a private cabbie for the last 18 months, told the ECHO: "The bloke was a nutcase and said he'd got his mother pregnant with two kids.

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BY DAVID YOUNG and LESLEY-ANNE MCKEOWN SAMMY Wilson yesterday rolled back on controversial comments in which he branded Taoiseach Leo Varadkar a "nutcase".

DUP Sammy: I'm sorry for calling Leo a nutcase..

A nutcase would be suitable JIMMY FLYNN, Acklam Brendan The other beautiful game THE sport of cricket goes relatively unnoticed compared to football, but there are still some wonderful feats being achieved in the sport.

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As a diagnosed lunatic and nutcase and somebody who has been fighting "mental health stigma" for the last ten years, the "deranged mentalities" that Mr Hayes-Carter describes are exactly as he alludes to, "home grown".

Murderers at work, and not lunatics

I think I killed him.'" Kirkwood also posted on Facebook that Eileen had called him a nutcase. He added: "I'm now going to show them nutcase."

MR SCOTLAND MURDER TRIAL Meet me at garage if you want to be Johnny Big Baws; Prosecutor says accused's challenge to stabbing victim proves he meant to kill

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The oft-told tale of a struggling actress seeking her first big break gets a juicy new spin in the psychodrama/body-horror hybrid "Starry Eyes." Featuring a knockout performance by Alex Essoe as a sweet young hopeful who transforms into a nasty, feral nutcase after selling much more than her soul to a shadowy production company, the pic pushes the Tinseltown nightmare scenario to inventive and exciting extremes.

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People look, and they think 'Who is that nutcase?' But why walk when you can run?" Ex-Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips.

TODAY'S QUOTES

People look, and they think 'Who is that nutcase?' But why walk when you can run?" - Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips.

THEY SAID

Just over a year ago Mark Webber described Grosjean as "a first-lap nutcase" as the Lotus driver was involved in several early accidents that almost cost him his race seat for the current campaign.

Praise is heaped on Grosjean