nut-bar

comparative more nut-bar · superlative most nut-bar

1. informalCrazy, mad.

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   McCaw won every trophy going, but also something probably harder than all of them: the near-universal respect of the notoriously fickle New Zealand rugby fan. Yes, even the most nut-bar talkback caller would have a hard time admitting McCaw hasn't been absolutely incredible for all of his 14 seasons in an All Black jersey.

   2015 November 19, Jamie Wall, “Sky's the limit for Richie McCaw”, in Radio New Zealand

   Synonyms: nuts, nutty

plural nut-bars

1. hardwareA bar or shaft with an aperture for a bolt or threaded rod to attach to or pass through.

   The bit-screw, passing through the nut-bar, is then turned back from the face of the coal or rock as far as is found necessary, and the bit secured to the same.

   1879, Thomas E. Morpeth, Rock and coal drilling machines, US Patent 216,437, page 493

2. informalAn insane person, a crazy person, a madwoman or madman.

   The nut-bar in Bed Three kept us all awake with his morose, nonsensical prophesies. And by “all of us” I mean myself, the gentleman in Bed Two, and the nut-bar as well, of course

   2007, Emily Givner, A Heart in Port, page 202

   Synonyms: nut