- nutter
- • very popular word for someone crazy or more commonly violent or foolishly daring. e.g. "You'd have to be a right nutter to start a fight in that place". Sometimes pronounced "nuttaah".
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Nutter — oder van Nutter ist der Familienname folgender Personen: David Nutter (* 1960), US amerikanischer Regisseur und Filmproduzent Donald Grant Nutter (1915 1962), US amerikanischer Politiker Michael Nutter (* 1957), US amerikanischer Politiker Rik… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Nutter — Nut ter, n. A gatherer of nuts. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nutter — (n.) one who gathers nuts, late 15c., from NUT (Cf. nut) + ER (Cf. er) (1). Meaning crazy person is British slang, 1958, from NUT (Cf. nut) + ER (Cf. er) (3). Nuttery mental hospital is attested from 1931; earlier it meant place for storin … Etymology dictionary
nutter — ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ a mad or eccentric person … English terms dictionary
nutter — [nut′ər] n. [Brit. Slang] NUT (n. 8a) … English World dictionary
Nutter — Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Other A nutter (or nut gatherer) is one who gathers nuts. It is also … Wikipedia
Nutter — 52°25′30″N 6°52′41″E / 52.425, 6.87806 … Wikipédia en Français
Nutter — This interesting surname, now widely recorded in Yorkshire and Lancashire, has two distinct possible sources, each with its own history and derivation, Firstly, Nutter may be of Anglo Saxon origin, and a variant of Nothard, itself an occupational … Surnames reference
nutter — [[t]nʌ̱tə(r)[/t]] nutters N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to someone as a nutter, you mean that they are mad or that their behaviour is very strange. [BRIT, INFORMAL] Is he a nutter, or is he a genius?... He was a bit of a nutter. Syn: nut,… … English dictionary
nutter — UK [ˈnʌtə(r)] / US [ˈnʌtər] noun [countable] Word forms nutter : singular nutter plural nutters informal 1) British an insulting word for someone who you think is crazy 2) offensive someone who is mentally ill … English dictionary
nutter — n. a nutty person. □ Sally is such a nutter. She would forget her head if it wasn’t screwed on. □ That guy is a real nutter. Thinks he can get a cab at this hour … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
