n. 25B6; noun
nuts in their shells : kernel. See list.
(informal) he smacked her on the nut : HEAD, skull, cranium, crown; informal noodle, noggin, dome; Brit. informal bonce; informal, dated conk, noddle.
(informal) some nut arrived at the office : MANIAC, lunatic, madman, madwoman; eccentric; informal loony, nutcase, fruitcake, head case, crank, crackpot, weirdo; Brit. informal nutter; N. Amer. informal screwball, crazy; N. Amer. & Austral./NZ informal dingbat.
(informal) a movie nut : ENTHUSIAST, fan, devotee, aficionado; informal freak, fiend, fanatic, addict, buff; N. Amer. informal jock.
25A0; do one's nut (informal) BE VERY ANGRY, be furious, lose one's temper, go into a rage; informal go mad, go crazy, go wild, go bananas, have a fit, blow one's top, hit the roof, go off the deep end, go ape, flip, lose one's rag; Brit. informal go spare.
25A0; off one's nut (informal) . See mad sense 1.
Nuts
acorn groundnut
almond grugru nut
areca nut gum nut
beechnut hazelnut
betel nut hickory nut
bitternut hognut
Brazil (nut) horse chestnut
breadnut ivory nut
burrawang nut litchi nut
butternut macadamia (nut)
candlenut mockernut
cashew (nut) monkey nut
chestnut palm nut
chincapin peanut
cobnut pecan
coco-de-mer pine nut
coconut piñon
coffee nut pistachio (nut)
cohune nut quandong
cola nut Queensland nut
conker sal nut
coquilla nut saouari nut
double coconut sweet chestnut
dwarf chestnut walnut
earthnut water chestnut
filbert white walnut