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nuts  (nts) Slang

adj.

1. Crazy; insane.

2. Extremely enthusiastic: I'm nuts about opera.

interj.

Used to express contempt, disappointment, or refusal.

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[From nut.]

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nuts [nʌts]

adj

1. a slang word for insane

2. (foll by about or on) Slang extremely fond (of) or enthusiastic (about)

interj

Slang an expression of disappointment, contempt, refusal, or defiance

pl n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a slang word for testicles

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

nuts - 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, loony, around the bend, balmy, round the bend, wacky, whacky, barmy, loopy, nutty, fruity, cracked insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

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nuts

adjective (Slang) insane, mad, crazy (informal), bananas (slang), barking (slang), eccentric, batty (slang), psycho (slang), irrational, loony (slang), demented, nutty (slang), deranged, loopy (informal), out to lunch (informal), out there (slang), barking mad (slang), gonzo (slang), doolally (slang), off your trolley (slang), up the pole (informal), as daft as a brush (informal, chiefly Brit.), not the full shilling (informal), wacko or whacko (informal), a sausage short of a fry-up (slang) Either he's joking or else he's nuts. A number of the players went nuts, completely out of control.

Translations

nuts [nʌts] ADJ → chiflado, chalado
to be nuts about sth/sb → estar chiflado por algo/algn
to drive sb nuts → volver loco a algn
to go nuts → volverse loco

nuts [ˈnʌts] adj

(= crazy) to be nuts → être dingue >, être cinglé(e) >
He's nuts → Il est dingue.

(= angry) to go nuts → piquer une crise

nuts

adj pred (inf) to be nuts → spinnen (inf); to go nuts → durchdrehen (inf), → anfangen zu spinnen (inf); to be nuts about somebody/something → ganz verrückt nach jdm/auf etw (acc) → sein (inf); nuts! (dated US) → Quatsch! (inf); (in annoyance) → Mist (inf)!; nuts to him! (dated US) → er kann mich mal (gern haben)! (inf)

nuts [nʌts] (fam)

1. adj → matto/a, pazzo/a
to be nuts about sb → essere pazzo/a di qn
to be nuts about sth → andare matto/a per qc
to go nuts → impazzire, dare i numeri

2. excl (nonsense) → col cavolo!

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nuts [nʌts] (fam)

1. adj → matto/a, pazzo/a
to be nuts about sb → essere pazzo/a di qn
to be nuts about sth → andare matto/a per qc
to go nuts → impazzire, dare i numeri

2. excl (nonsense) → col cavolo!