English Online Dictionary. What means nuts? What does nuts mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nʌts/
- Rhymes: -ʌts
Noun
nuts
- plural of nut
nuts pl (plural only)
- (slang) The scrotum.
- (poker) An unbeatable hand; the best poker hand available.
- If the board is 237QA, all of spades, the nuts is 45 of spades.
- If the board is 4444J, the nuts is any hand with an ace.
Adjective
nuts (comparative more nuts, superlative most nuts)
- (colloquial) Insane, mad.
- After living on the island alone for five years, he eventually went nuts.
- (colloquial, figuratively) Crazy, mad; unusually pleased or, alternatively, angered.
- (colloquial) Very fond of (on) someone.
Synonyms
- nutty
- See also Thesaurus:insane
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
nuts
- Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.
- Signifies rejection of a proposal or idea, as in forget it, no way, or nothing doing; often followed by to.
Usage notes
- The association with testicles (See noun above.) adds an intensifying effect to the anger or rejection.
- Use of "Nuts" rather than another form of "No" is often intentionally insulting. (e.g. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe's response to a German request for surrender during the Battle of the Bulge)
Verb
nuts
- third-person singular simple present indicative of nut
See also
- dead-nuts (possibly etymologically related, but Wiktionary isn't sure about the etymology of the term)
Anagrams
- Unst, stun, tsun, tuns