NUTS


Meaning of NUTS in English

I. nuts 1 /nʌts/ BrE AmE adjective [not before noun] informal

1 . crazy:

Are you nuts?

I’m going to go nuts (=become crazy) if I don’t find a new job soon.

Turn that radio off. It’s driving me nuts (=annoying me very much) .

2 . go nuts spoken

a) to become very excited because something good has just happened:

The crowd went nuts after the third touchdown.

b) to become very angry about something:

Mom’s going to go nuts if you don’t clean this mess up.

3 . be nuts about/over somebody/something to like someone or something very much:

My wife is nuts about kids.

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THESAURUS

▪ crazy very strange or not sensible – used about people, ideas, and behaviour:

People think I’m crazy when I start talking about ghosts.

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It was a crazy thing to do.

▪ mad British English crazy:

Are you mad?

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Whose mad idea was that?

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At first, everyone thought he was completely mad.

▪ nuts informal ( also bonkers British English ) [not before noun] crazy:

The whole thing sounds completely nuts.

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Have you gone bonkers?

▪ loony informal crazy:

another loony suggestion

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The man is totally loony.

▪ insane completely crazy:

I know it sounds insane, but it’s true.

⇨ ↑ mentally ill

II. nuts 2 BrE AmE interjection American English old-fashioned

1 . used to emphasize that something bad or annoying has happened:

Nuts! Now we’re going to be late for the movie.

2 . nuts to somebody/something used when you are angrily refusing to listen to someone or do something:

‘Nuts to that,’ he sneered, and left.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.