nutheads

Noun

nuthead (plural nutheads)

1. A silly or crazy person; kook.
   • If she ever referred to the events, she laughed them off as silly kid stuff, and called the ex-boyfriend a nuthead, the way you speak of someone who drove around in high school smacking metal mailboxes with a baseball bat.1997, Johnny Payne, Kentuckiana, →ISBN, page 208
2. A stupid person; fool; idiot.
   • Mum doesn't want a diamond ring out of a cracker, nuthead!1993, Vivien Alcock, Othergran, →ISBN, page 12
3. Outer porition of a nut.
   • When you are striping gears and come to a nuthead run right over it, with fine lines on its edges, or around the nut, as may be preferred.1908, The Master Painter - Volume 13, page 12
4. A head made out of a nut.
   • Bend a paper clip into the shape of eyeglasses; glue them to the nuthead.2004, Loralyn Radcliffe, Creative Crafts for Clever Kids: Exciting Projects from Everyday Stuff, →ISBN