nutball
nutball noun: a crazy person.
Noun
nutball (plural nutballs)
- A crazy person.
- Hull was much less of a nutball than most of them, and the CIA station chief started coming around more and more often.1990 February 23, Glenn Garvin, “Postcards From a Lost War”, in Chicago Reader
- One of their leaders had been hanging around the camp of another preacher man, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. a nutball like Robertson, blaming America for bringing on the horrid attack.2008 March 22, Timothy Egan, “Donner Party Democrats”, in New York Times
Forms of nutball
| plural | nutballs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | nut ball |
Origin of nutball
From nut + -ball.
Questions about nutball
- What does nutball mean?
- Nutball means a crazy person.
- What part of speech is nutball?
- Nutball is a noun.
- What is the plural of nutball?
- The plural of nutball is nutballs.
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