nutty

comparative nuttier · superlative nuttiest

1. Containing nuts.

   This is a nutty chocolate bar.

2. 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.

   1997, Mary Jo Plutt, Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight Cookbook, Rodale, →ISBN, page 210

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   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 fruits. But it finishes off really smoothly but with a little bit of tobacco leaf.”

   2016 December 16, Peter Shadbolt, “What does a $22,000 cognac actually taste like?”, in CNN

   Synonyms: nuttish, nutlike

3. slangBarmy: eccentric, odd; crazy, mad, insane.

   Near-synonyms: nuts; see also Thesaurus:insane

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   That student's parents seem to be nutty as a fruitcake.

   Synonyms: squirrelly, nuts, 5150, bananas, barking, barking mad, fey, buggish

4. IrelandUKdatedExtravagantly fashionable.

   Skinner's friendship with his nutty pals seemed to have come to a sudden end.

   1932, Frank Richards, “The Complete Outsider”, in The Magnet

5. colloquialslangvulgarextremely attractive, so attractive that one could "nut" (ejaculate) easily or quickly, hot, sexy