Can you say nuts?

(1) The word “nuts” when used to characterize a person as crazy is acceptable. In other words, the expressions, “You're nuts”; “He's nuts”; or “He's a nut” may be used. (2) The use of the word “nuts” as an exclamation should not be used, as in the case of “Aw, nuts”, or “Nuts to you”, etc.
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Can you call someone nuts?

Calling someone a “nut” in English can be an insult. It means that person is crazy or acting in an insane manner. But, just like the word “crazy,” there are times when it can be a good thing. For example: “I'm crazy in love with you” is probably a good thing.
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What does nuts slang mean?

/ (nʌts) / adjective. a slang word for insane. (foll by about or on) slang extremely fond (of) or enthusiastic (about) interjection.
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Why do people say nuts?

Coming later is the idea of nuts as crazy; that use was first seen in 1908, in a newspaper comic strip called Mutt and Jeff. To be “off one's nut” meant to be separated from your head, and thus your senses. That eventually was shortened to the current use, in which someone can simply be “nuts.”
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What is plural of nuts?

Singular. nut. Plural. nuts. The plural form of nut; more than one (kind of) nut.
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How do you use the word nuts?

nuts | American Dictionary

crazy, foolish, or strange: You're nuts if you think you can go mountain climbing in a snowstorm. If you are nuts about or nuts over someone or something, you are very enthusiastic about that person or thing: He's nuts about his new granddaughter.
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How do you use nuts in a sentence?

Examples of 'nuts' in a sentence nuts
  1. He suffered his first reaction to nuts when he was three.
  2. I always get a rash when I eat nuts.
  3. If you want to repair the wheels, you must remove the four nuts.
  4. Nuts and seeds are very good for you.
  5. Nuts are a good source of vitamin E.
  6. She crammed her mouth with nuts.
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What can I say instead of nuts?

Synonyms of nuts
  • psychotic.
  • mad.
  • lunatic.
  • insane.
  • crazy.
  • maniac.
  • gaga.
  • maniacal.
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Is Go nuts a slang?

to become extremely angry: My sister will go nuts when she finds out I crashed her car.
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What does I'm nuts mean?

informal : insane, crazy.
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What does nuts mean food?

Nuts are actually fruits. They are defined as dry, single-seeded fruits that have high oil content. They are usually enclosed in a leathery or solid outer layer. In botany terms, nuts are strictly a particular kind of dry fruit that has a single seed, a hard shell, and a protective husk.
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What does I've done my nuts mean?

to become extremely angry: She'll do her nut when she sees the mess. Becoming angry and expressing anger. (almost) burst a blood vessel idiom.
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What does I don't go nuts mean?

phrase. If someone goes nuts, or in British English does their nut, they become extremely angry. [informal]
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Are nuts a noun?

Noun The squirrel cracked the nut and ate the meat inside. walnuts, almonds, peanuts, and other nuts The squirrel sat and ate the nut.
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Are you off your nuts meaning?

idiom UK slang. to be very silly or stupid: You can't do that!
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When did nut become slang?

Where does bust a nut come from? The expression bust a nut first surfaced in the 1930s. Nuts is a slang term for “testicles” that has been around since the mid-19th century. The term bust a nut implies that something explosive is going on with one's testicles—metaphorically, we hope.
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Which foods are nuts?

Nuts include:
  • almonds.
  • Brazil nuts.
  • cashew nuts.
  • hazelnuts.
  • macadamias.
  • pecans.
  • pine nuts.
  • pistachios.
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What is the bad meaning of nuts?

(vulgar, slang) Testicles.
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Is Apple a nut?

Nuts are nuts! A walnut isn't the same thing as an apple, right? Wrong. Nuts are fruits, people.
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Is banana a nut?

No, bananas are not nuts. A banana is a fruit, that is classified as a berry.
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What does nuts mean in Australia?

Literally, they mean to sort of be mentally deranged. So, if someone's nuts, if someone's bonkers, if someone's crazy, it means that they are mentally deranged, insane, crazy, nuts, bonkers.
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Are nuts countable or uncountable?

Most uncountable nouns don't have an 's' at the end!

For example: nuts and noodles.
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Can you give me a list of nuts?

Nuts include:
  • almonds.
  • Brazil nuts.
  • cashew nuts.
  • hazelnuts.
  • macadamias.
  • pecans.
  • pine nuts.
  • pistachios.
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