nutter
/ˈnʌtə/
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Scotland/ˈnʌtər/
nutter noun: a person who gathers nuts.
Noun (1)
nutter (plural nutters)
- A person who gathers nuts.
- An eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person.
- That bird who's hanging' out with you is mad like cat piss / Like bread and jam, or a knife going with butter / Face it son, your missus is a nutter!2005, “Your Missus Is A Nutter”, performed by Goldie Lookin Chain
- When I asked Mr Robinson why he'd made his own attempts, he said, 'It gets to be a bug. And I suppose I'm a nutter.'2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 268
Noun (2)
nutter (uncountable)
- nut butter
- Nut Butter (Table Nutter) is also recommended.1907, Reuben Swinburne Clymer, The International System of Direct Medication, page 223
- Among the miscellaneous articles examined, 27 samples of vegetable fat resembling lard were purchased for analysis under the various names of nut lard, nut butter, nutter, palmine, &c. These were passed as genuine.1910, Great Britain. Local Government Board, Annual Report, number 39, page xci
Proper noun capitalized: Nutter
Nutter
- A surname originating as an occupation.
nutter meaning in Urdu
nutter in Urdu
- گری جمع کرنے والا
Synonyms of nutter
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- crackpot
- eccentric
- freak
- glaik
- hard case
- live one
- nutbar
- oddball
- oddity
- odd bod
- odd fish
- queerdo
- strange bird
- strange fish
- strangeling
- wack
- weirdie
- weirdling
- weirdo
- wild man
- wingnut
- basket case
- basket weaver
- crack
- crazy
- crazyhead
- dingbat
- fruit and nut case
- fruit cake
- fruit loop
Forms of nutter
| plural | nutters |
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Origin of nutter
From Middle English nutter, notere, equivalent to nut + -er.
Blend of nut + butter.
From nutter, the occupation of nut-gatherer.
Words formed from nutter
Words that rhyme with nutter
Questions about nutter
- What does nutter mean?
- Nutter means a person who gathers nuts.
- What is nutter in Urdu?
- Nutter in Urdu is گری جمع کرنے والا. See Nutter meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is nutter?
- Nutter can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce nutter?
- Nutter is pronounced /ˈnʌtə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nutter?
- The plural of nutter is nutters.
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