nutter
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈnʌtə/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈnʌtər/
Pronunciation notes
- Scotland
Noun
A person who gathers nuts.
- Broader terms
An eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person.
Usage- Ireland
- UK usage
- Derogatory
- Informal
- sometimes
- Examples
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That bird who's hanging' out with you is mad like cat piss / Like bread and jam, or a knife going with butter / Face it son, your missus is a nutter!
When I asked Mr Robinson why he'd made his own attempts, he said, 'It gets to be a bug. And I suppose I'm a nutter.'
Noun
nut butter
Usage- Obsolete
- Uncountable
- Examples
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Nut Butter (Table Nutter) is also recommended.
More examples (1)
Among the miscellaneous articles examined, 27 samples of vegetable fat resembling lard were purchased for analysis under the various names of nut lard, nut butter, nutter, palmine, &c. These were passed as genuine.
Noun
a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
- Broader terms
Word forms
nutters