different between nutso vs nuts

English

Alternative forms

• nutzo

Etymology

nuts +? -o

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?tso?/

Adjective

nutso (comparative more nutso, superlative most nutso)

1. (colloquial) Crazy, insane.
   • 2000: Zadie Smith, White Teeth

     "You wanted a report, so here's a full report: crazy, nutso, raisins short of a fruitcake, rubber walls, screaming-mad basket-cases."

   • 2000: Robert Bacal, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dealing With Difficult Employees

     "It's a bit scary if you have a difficult boss, and it's out-and-out frightening if you have a completely nutso, maladjusted, irrational, or disturbed boss."

   • 2005: G. R. Kirby, Sow the Storm

     "I was wondering if you had any crazy nutso guy stalking you, or something."

2. (colloquial) Fraught or out of control.
3. (colloquial) Obsessed; overly enthusiastic.
4. (colloquial) Ridiculous; unbelievable or silly.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:insane

Noun

nutso (countable and uncountable, plural nutsos)

1. (colloquial, countable) Crazy person; crackpot or lunatic.
2. (colloquial, uncountable) Craziness; insanity.

Adverb

nutso (comparative more nutso, superlative most nutso)

1. (colloquial) Madly; extremely or obsessively.
2. (colloquial) In a crazy manner.

Anagrams

• Notus, Tuson, noust, nouts, snout, tonus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?ts/

Noun

nuts

1. plural of nut
2. (vulgar, slang) Testicles.

   Ohhh, he just got kicked in the nuts!

3. (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.

Translations

Adjective

nuts (comparative more nuts, superlative most nuts)

1. (colloquial) Insane, mad.

   After living on the island alone for five years, he eventually went nuts.

2. (colloquial, figuratively) 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.

3. (colloquial) Very fond of (on) someone.

   He's been nuts on her since the day they met.

Synonyms

• nutty
• See also Thesaurus:insane

Translations

Interjection

nuts

1. Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.

   Nuts! They didn't even listen to what I had to say.

2. 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

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nut

Anagrams

• Unst, stun, tsun, tuns