nuts

noun, adj, intj — 7 senses

nuts

noun

/nʌts/

1

Slang The testicles.

2

Card games, 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.

Derived terms: nutted

nuts

adj

1

Colloquial Insane, mad.

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

1 more example

Seriously? This is nuts!

2

Colloquial 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

nuts

intj

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.

They want me to pay $5 for a banana? Nuts to that!

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