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nutcase

UK/ˈnʌtkeɪs/

nutcase noun: an eccentric or odd person.

Noun

nutcase (plural nutcases)

  1. (Ireland, UK, humorous, often) An eccentric or odd person.
    Synonyms:
    freak, psycho
  2. (derogatory, slang) Someone who is insane.

nutcase meaning in Bengali and Kannada

nutcase in Bengali

একজন অদ্ভুত, অস্বাভাবিক ব্যক্তি

nutcase in Kannada

ತಿಕ್ಕಲ, ಹುಚ್ಚ

Synonyms of nutcase

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All synonyms of nutcase

Forms of nutcase

pluralnutcases
alternative formnut-case

Origin of nutcase

From nut + case. Compare headcase, mental case etc.

Questions about nutcase

What does nutcase mean?
Nutcase means an eccentric or odd person.
What is nutcase in Bengali?
Nutcase in Bengali is একজন অদ্ভুত, অস্বাভাবিক ব্যক্তি. See Nutcase meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is nutcase?
Nutcase is a noun.
How do you pronounce nutcase?
Nutcase is pronounced /ˈnʌtkeɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of nutcase?
The plural of nutcase is nutcases.

Words near nutcase in the dictionary

  1. nutbusting
  2. nutbutter
  3. nutbutters
  4. nutcake
  5. nutcakes
  6. nutcase
  7. nutcases
  8. nutcrack
  9. Nutcrack Night
  10. nutcracker
  11. nutcracker doll

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nutcase (page history and authors); nutcase (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nutcase (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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