NUTTY AS A FRUIT CAKE

Meaning of NUTTY AS A FRUIT CAKE in English

funny, kooky , mad as a hatter

Do I know Karl? Yes, I do. He's nutty as a fruit cake!

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

NUTTY AS A FRUIT CAKE — funny, kooky, mad as a hatter Do I know Karl? Yes, I do. He's nutty as a fruit cake!
English Idioms vocab
NUTTY — daghag mani
English-Visayan vocabulary
NUTTY — adjective (nuttier; -est) Date: 15th century having or producing nuts, having a flavor like that of nuts, eccentric , silly …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FRUIT — I In its strict botanical sense, the fleshy or dry ripened ovary (enlarged portion of the pistil ) of a …
Английский словарь Британика
FRUIT — I. ˈfrüt, usu -üd.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fructus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAKE — I. ˈkāk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old English cœcil small cake, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AS — I. əz, (ˈ)az adverb Etymology: Middle English as, alse, alswa, adverb & conjunction, from Old English alswā, ealswā, ælswā just …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NUTTY — ]ē, ]i adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: nut (I) + -y, adjective suffix 1. : having or producing nuts the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NUTTY — (a.) Having a flavor like that of nuts; as, nutty wine.
Английский словарь Webster
NUTTY — (a.) Abounding in nuts.
Английский словарь Webster
NUTTY — ( a. ) Having a flavor like that of nuts; as, nutty wine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NUTTY — ( a. ) Abounding in nuts.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NUTTY
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FRUIT — — fruitlike , adj. /frooht/ , n. , pl. fruits , ( esp. collectively ) fruit , v. n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAKE — — caky, cakey , adj. /kayk/ , n. , v. , caked, caking . n. 1. a sweet, baked, breadlike …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AS — as 1 /az/ ; unstressed /euhz/ , adv. 1. to the same degree, amount, or extent; similarly; equally: I don't …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NUTTY — adj. of nuts; nut flavoured; crazy (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FRUIT — I. ˈfrüt noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from frut, fruit, from Latin fructus fruit, use, from frui to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAKE — I. ˈkāk noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old High German kuocho cake Date: 13th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NUTTY — adjective ( nut·ti·er ; -est ) Date: 15th century 1. : having or producing nuts 2. : having a flavor …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NUTTY — adj abounding in nuts. 2. nutty ·adj having a flavor like that of nuts; as, nutty wine.
Webster English vocab
FRUIT — vi to bear fruit. 2. fruit ·vt the produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of …
Webster English vocab
CAKE — vi to cackle as a goose. 2. cake ·vi to form into a cake, or mass. 3. cake ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
NUTTY — ■ adjective ( nuttier , nuttiest ) 1》 tasting like nuts. ↘containing a lot of nuts. 2》 informal mad. Derivatives …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NUTTY — [nut.ty] adj nut.ti.er ; -est (15c) 1: having or producing nuts 2: having a flavor like that of nuts 3: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FRUIT — [fruit] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OF, fr. L fructus fruit, use, fr. frui to enjoy, have the use of--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FRUIT — in its strict botanical sense, the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a plant, enclosing the seed or seeds. Thus, …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAKE — in general, any of a variety of breads, shortened or unshortened, usually shaped by the tin in which it is …
Britannica English vocabulary
FRUIT — fruit BrE AmE fruːt ▷ fruited ˈfruːt ɪd -əd AmE ˈfruːt̬ əd ▷ fruiting ˈfruːt ɪŋ AmE ˈfruːt̬ ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NUTTY — / ˈnʌti; NAmE / adjective 1. tasting of or containing nuts : a nutty taste 2. ( informal ) slightly …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FRUIT — / fruːt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] the part of a plant …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAKE — / keɪk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a sweet food made from …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AS — / əz; NAmE ; strong form æz/ preposition , adverb , conjunction ■ preposition 1. used to describe sb/sth appearing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NUTTY — nut ‧ ty /ˈnʌti/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . informal crazy: It’s another of his nutty ideas. She’s nutty as …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FRUIT — I. fruit 1 S2 W3 /fruːt/ BrE AmE noun ( plural fruit or fruits ) [ Word Family: noun : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAKE — I. cake 1 S2 W3 /keɪk/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: kaka ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AS — I. as 1 S1 W1 /əz; strong æz/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eallswa …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FRUIT — n. & v. --n. 1 a the usu. sweet and fleshy edible product of a plant or tree, containing seed. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAKE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a mixture of flour, butter, eggs, sugar, etc., baked in the oven. b a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AS — adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FRUIT — n. & v. n. 1 a the usu. sweet and fleshy edible product of a plant or tree, containing seed. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAKE — n. & v. n. 1 a a mixture of flour, butter, eggs, sugar, etc., baked in the oven. b a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AS — adv., conj., & pron. adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FRUIT — n. & v. --n. 1. a the usu. sweet and fleshy edible product of a plant or tree, containing seed. …
Oxford English vocab
CAKE — n. & v. --n. 1. a a mixture of flour, butter, eggs, sugar, etc., baked in the oven. b a …
Oxford English vocab
AS — 1. adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or …
Oxford English vocab
AS — I. CONJUNCTION AND PREPOSITION USES /əz, STRONG æz/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NUTTY — ( nuttier, nuttiest) 1. If you describe food as nutty , you mean that it tastes of nuts, has the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FRUIT — ( fruit, or fruits, fruits, fruiting, fruited) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAKE — ( cakes) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A cake is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NUTTY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES creamy/buttery/fruity/nutty etc (= tasting of cream, butter etc ) ▪ The cookies had a very …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FRUIT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fruit basket (= containing fruits ) ▪ He had a fruit basket sent …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAKE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a birthday cake ▪ She had a birthday cake with 21 silver candles on …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AS
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NUTTY — [adjective] -ier, -iestThis wine has a pleasant nutty taste.
Cambridge English vocab
FRUIT — n. fruit sugar fruit bat fruit fly kiwi fruit Mediterranean fruit fly United Fruit Co.
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FRUIT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAKE — Synonyms and related words : Boston cream pie, angel cake, angel food cake, baked Alaska, bar, block, body, bun, candy, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NUTTY — adj. Nutty is used with these nouns: ↑ flavour
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FRUIT — noun 1 part of a plant ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ overripe , ripe , unripe ▪ rotten ▪ candied , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CAKE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ home-made ▪ moist , rich , sticky ( esp. BrE ) ▪ a rich, moist fruit …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NUTTY — adj. 25B6; adjective (informal) they're all nutty. : See mad sense 1. she's nutty about Elvis. : See nuts sense …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FRUIT — n. 25B6; noun fresh fruit. : See list. the fruits of their labours : REWARD, benefit, profit, product, return, yield, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAKE
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English Idioms vocabulary

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