nutty

Adjective

nutty (comparative nuttier, superlative nuttiest)

1. Containing nuts.
   • This is a nutty chocolate bar.
2. Resembling or characteristic of nuts.
   • Brown rice has had only its outer hull removed, leaving it with a beige color and a pleasantly nutty flavor.1997, Mary Jo Plutt, Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight Cookbook, Rodale, →ISBN, page 210
   • David Mason, Beverage and Bar Manager at St. Regis, describes the complex aromas and layered palate of the cognac thus: “It’s kind of autumn flavors. Really nutty, almondy – kind of fig, plum, dried fruits. But it finishes off really smoothly but with a little bit of tobacco leaf.”2016 December 16, Peter Shadbolt, “What does a $22,000 cognac actually taste like?”, in CNN

   Synonyms:

   nuttish, nutlike

3. (slang) Barmy: eccentric, odd; crazy, mad, insane.
   • Near-synonyms: nuts; see also Thesaurus:insane
   • That student's parents seem to be nutty as a fruitcake.

   Synonyms:

   squirrelly, nuts, 5150, bananas, barking, barking mad, buggish, buggy, bughouse, barmy

4. (Ireland, UK, dated) Extravagantly fashionable.
   • Skinner's friendship with his nutty pals seemed to have come to a sudden end.1932, Frank Richards, “The Complete Outsider”, in The Magnet
5. (colloquial, slang, vulgar) extremely attractive, so attractive that one could "nut" (ejaculate) easily or quickly, hot, sexy