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nerts

nerts adjective: crazy; nuts.

Adjective

nerts (comparative more nerts, superlative most nerts)

  1. (euphemistic, slang) Crazy; nuts.
    • "You'd be plumb nerts" says he, "to think of it."1928, Joseph Patrick McEvoy, Grosset and Dunlap present Show girl, page 47
    • But sweet Flossie Farmer, the lovely snake charmer/Was nerts for a snake in the grass.1935, Elsie Carlisle, “Sweet Flossie Farmer (the Lovely Snake Charmer)”

Interjection

  1. (euphemistic, slang) Nuts! Expression of dismay.
    • FOUND HIM 'TERRIBLY NICE' She Wonders What He Thought When She Said, 'Oh, Nerts!' After a Bad Shot.1933 August 19, “GIRL GOLFER TELLS OF BESTING PRINCE; Beatrice Gottlieb Returns With Trophies of Victory From British Heir”, in New York Times

Noun

nerts (uncountable)

  1. A fast-paced card game played with multiple decks.

Forms of nerts

comparativemore nerts
superlativemost nerts

Origin of nerts

Alteration of nuts to avoid vulgar nuts (“testicles”)

Words formed from nerts

Words that rhyme with nerts

Questions about nerts

What does nerts mean?
Nerts means crazy; nuts.
What part of speech is nerts?
Nerts can be an adjective, an interjection or a noun.

Words near nerts in the dictionary

  1. nersick
  2. Nersisyan
  3. Nersisyans
  4. Nerthus
  5. Nerton
  6. nerts
  7. nertz
  8. Nerudan
  9. nerue
  10. nerues
  11. nerval

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