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Antonyms for nuts

Grammar : Adj
Spell : nuhts
Phonetic Transcription : nÊŒts

Definition of nuts

Origin :
  • "crazy," 1846, from earlier be nutts upon "be very fond of" (1785), which is possibly from nuts (plural noun) "any source of pleasure" (1610s), from nut (q.v.). Sense influenced probably by metaphoric application of nut to "head" (1846, e.g. to be off one's nut "be insane," 1860). Nuts as a derisive retort is attested from 1931.
  • Connection with the slang "testicle" sense has tended to nudge it toward taboo. "On the N.B.C. network, it is forbidden to call any character a nut; you have to call him a screwball." ["New Yorker," Dec. 23, 1950] "Please eliminate the expression 'nuts to you' from Egbert's speech." [Request from the Hays Office regarding the script of "The Bank Dick," 1940] This desire for avoidance accounts for the euphemism nerts (c.1925).
  • adj crazy
Example sentences :
  • Dredge the fruits and nuts with flour and fold them into the mixture.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • The first evening reading had been commenced with nuts and apples.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Beat, and when it begins to get thick, add the nuts and coconut.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Then stir in the graham flour, adding the nuts while kneading.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Do you suppose he'll ever think of the nuts again, or find them?
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • You see, it couldn't do him no good, and it was just nuts for them.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • I hope the cracking and crunching of nuts doesn't disturb you much?
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • "Mendiants" are raisins and nuts, the nearest to dessert that at this season you could get at Garniers.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • The navvies moved about half naked, and burned brown as nuts.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • It is then they break the nuts to make bread of them by mixing with them the flour of Maiz.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

Synonyms for nuts

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