Associations to the word «Nuts»

Wiktionary

NUTS, noun. Plural of nut
NUTS, noun. (vulgar) (slang) Testicles.
NUTS, noun. (poker) A hand that is unbeatable even when the hand's holder does not know any of the hidden cards the other poker players involved in a hand hold or held.
NUTS, adjective. (colloquial) Insane, mad.
NUTS, adjective. (colloquial) (figuratively) Crazy, mad; unusually pleased or, alternatively, angered.
NUTS, interjection. Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.
NUTS, interjection. Signifies rejection of a proposal or idea, as in forget it, no way, or nothing doing.
NUTS, verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nut
NUTS AND BOLTS, noun. (idiomatic) The basic, inner workings of something; the fundamentals or basics; that which makes something operate, on a basic level.

Dictionary definition

NUTS, adjective. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats