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nutty.

Containing nuts.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈnʌti/Received-Pronunciation/ˈnʌti/General-American[ˈnʌɾi]General-American
  1. Containing nuts.

    This is a nutty chocolate bar.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of nuts.

  3. Barmy: eccentric, odd; crazy, mad, insane.

    slang
    That student's parents seem to be nutty as a fruitcake.
  4. Extravagantly fashionable.

    Ireland · UK · dated
  5. extremely attractive, so attractive that one could "nut" (ejaculate) easily or quickly, hot, sexy

    colloquial · slang · vulgar
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree substrateder. Proto-Germanic *hnuts Proto-West Germanic *hnut Old English hnutu Middle English note English nut Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English nutty From nut + -y.

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