/ˈnʌti/
- Containing nuts.
“This is a nutty chocolate bar.”
- Resembling or characteristic of nuts.
“Brown rice has had only its outer hull removed, leaving it with a beige color and a pleasantly nutty flavor.”
“David Mason, Beverage and Bar Manager at St. Regis, describes the complex aromas and layered palate of the cognac thus: “It’s kind of autumn flavors. Really nutty, almondy – kind of fig, plum, dried f”
- slangBarmy: eccentric, odd; crazy, mad, insane.
“Near-synonyms: nuts; see also Thesaurus:insane”
“That student's parents seem to be nutty as a fruitcake.”
- Ireland, UK, datedExtravagantly fashionable.
“Skinner's friendship with his nutty pals seemed to have come to a sudden end.”
Formsnuttier(comparative) · nuttiest(superlative)