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nutty

  • /ˈnʌti/ UK
  • /ˈnʌti/ US
  • [ˈnʌɾi] US

Rhymes with -ʌti

adjective nuttier · nuttiest

  1. Containing nuts. This is a nutty chocolate bar.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of nuts. Brown rice has had only its outer hull removed, leaving it with a beige color and a pleasantly nutty flavor.

    Similar: nuttish, nutlike

  3. slang Barmy: eccentric, odd; crazy, mad, insane. Near-synonyms: nuts; see also Thesaurus:insane

    Similar: squirrelly, nuts, 5150, bananas, barking, barking mad, fey, buggish, buggy, bughouse, barmy, batchy

  4. Ireland, UK, dated Extravagantly fashionable. Skinner's friendship with his nutty pals seemed to have come to a sudden end.
  5. colloquial, slang, vulgar extremely attractive, so attractive that one could "nut" (ejaculate) easily or quickly, hot, sexy

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nutlike, fruity, haywire, balmy, kookie, crackers, cracked, nuts, buggy, loopy, tasteful, dotty, batty, bats, bonkers, loony

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adj reminiscent of nuts

Deutschnussig

adj containing nuts

Françaisplein de noix
Deutschnussreich
Русскийсодержа́щий оре́хи soderžáščij oréxi, име́ющий вкус оре́ха iméjuščij vkus oréxa

adj barmy, crazy, mad

Françaiscinglé, fou, dingue
Deutschverrückt, bekloppt
Русскийпоме́шанный poméšannyj, свихну́вшийся svixnúvšijsja

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@misc{nutty_2026,
  title = {nutty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nutty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}