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Nuts   /nəts/   Listen
adjective
nuts  adj.  Crazy; loony; insane; batty; used in a predicate position, ususually in phrases such as to go nuts, went nuts, are you nuts? (slang)



interjection
nuts  interj.  An expression of disapproval, defiance, or displeasure, as in: "Ah, nuts! My knife just broke." (slang)






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"Nuts" Quotes from Famous Books



... best liquors in France were made of the Visitandines. The monks of Niort invented the conserve of Angelica, and the bread flavoured with orange flowers by the notes of Chiteau-Thierry is yet famous. The nuns of Belley used also to make a delicious conserve of nuts. Alas, it is ...
— The Physiology of Taste • Brillat Savarin

... nuts," said Aubrey, "because I'm damn sure he followed me down the street after I left the subway. I stopped in at the drug store on the corner to get some matches, and when I came out, there ...
— The Haunted Bookshop • Christopher Morley

... no 'dropping nuts' to-day, either," said Fleda, to whom the sight of her forest friends in the distance probably suggested the thought, for she had not spoken for some time. "I suppose there hasn't ...
— Queechy • Susan Warner

... that in his eagerness he would tumble off into the foaming waters and be swept away. Uncle Paul at last called to him, and told him to give up the chase as utterly hopeless. Uncle Paul, however, advised us to search more carefully, in the hope that we might find either nuts or fruit of some sort or other, or bird's eggs, or young birds, which might serve us as food, while he remained to take ...
— The Wanderers - Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco • W.H.G. Kingston

... good in Rome," said Mr. Smith solemnly, "although it is mingled with many errors. No, not any nuts, thank you; I never touch nuts. I should ...
— The Green Carnation • Robert Smythe Hichens


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