nutty (redirected from nuttiest)

nut·ty  (nt)

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.

---

nutti·ly adv.

nutti·ness n.

---

nutty [ˈnʌtɪ]

adj -tier, -tiest

1. containing or abounding in nuts

2. resembling nuts, esp in taste

3. a slang word for insane

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

nuttily  adv

nuttiness  n

Thesaurus

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, loony, 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.

Translations

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

nutty [ˈnʌti] adj

[flavour] → de noisette

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

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)

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