nutty

== English == === Etymology === From nut +‎ -y. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈnʌti/ Rhymes: -ʌti Hyphenation: nut‧ty === Adjective === nutty (comparative nuttier, superlative nuttiest) Containing nuts. Resembling or characteristic of nuts. Synonyms: (resembling or characteristic) nuttish; (resembling) nutlike (slang) Barmy: eccentric, odd; crazy, mad, insane. Synonym: squirrelly Near-synonyms: nuts; see also Thesaurus:insane (UK, Ireland, dated) Extravagantly fashionable. ==== Usage notes ==== In the sense of “insane”, similar to nuts, but more limited and somewhat milder: nutty means “eccentric, insane”, while “nuts” can mean either “insane, crazy” or “excited, enthused”, for example in the phrase “the crowd went nuts”, the other term, “the crowd went nutty”, is not used. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== coconutty, coco-nutty nutter ==== Translations ====