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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alteration of nuts to avoid vulgar nuts (“testicles”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ts
Adjective[edit]
nerts (comparative more nerts, superlative most nerts)
- (slang, euphemistic) Crazy; nuts.
- 1928, Joseph Patrick McEvoy, Grosset and Dunlap present Show girl, page 47:
- "You'd be plumb nerts" says he, "to think of it."
Derived terms[edit]
- nerd (possible)
Interjection[edit]
nerts
- (slang, euphemistic) Nuts! Expression of dismay.
- 1933 August 19, “GIRL GOLFER TELLS OF BESTING PRINCE; Beatrice Gottlieb Returns With Trophies of Victory From British Heir”, in New York Times:
- FOUND HIM 'TERRIBLY NICE' She Wonders What He Thought When She Said, 'Oh, Nerts!' After a Bad Shot.
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- nertz (superseded)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nerts m (plural nertsen, diminutive nertsje n)
Noun[edit]
nerts n (uncountable)