nuts /nʌts/adjective 3exclamation 2noun 2forms 2phrases 3 adjective3 •(informal) crazy, or not thinking in a normal wayAfter living on the island alone for five years, he eventually went nuts.Are you nuts? •(informal) Crazy, mad; unusually pleased or, alternatively, angered.I just go nuts over her fantastic desserts.The referee made a bad call against the home team and the crowd went nuts. •(informal) Very fond of (on) someone.He's been nuts on her since the day they met. exclamation2 •Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.Nuts! They didn't even listen to what I had to say. •(informal) Signifies rejection of a proposal or idea, as in forget it, no way, or nothing doing; often followed by to, as nuts to.They want me to pay $5 for a banana? Nuts to that! noun[plural only]2 •(slang) The testicles. •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. formsmore nuts · most nuts Phrases with nuts nuts and boltsThe basic inner workings of something; the fundamentals; that which makes something operate. nuts to buttsArranged in close formation, one behind the other; nose to tail. soup-to-nutsComprehensive; complete; covering all of something.
NUTS noun 1phrases 3 noun1 •initialism of Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques: (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics - an EU classification system of geographical administrative areas for statistical purposes). Phrases with NUTS nuts and boltsThe basic inner workings of something; the fundamentals; that which makes something operate. nuts to buttsArranged in close formation, one behind the other; nose to tail. soup-to-nutsComprehensive; complete; covering all of something.