nutter
See also: Nutter
English
Etymology
From Middle English nutter, equivalent to nut + -er.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
Noun
nutter (plural nutters)
- A person who gathers nuts.
- (UK, sometimes derogatory, informal) An eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person.
- A person who is obsessed with something.
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 268:
- 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.'
Synonyms
- (insane person): loony, nut, nutcase; see also Thesaurus:mad person
- (eccentric person): kook, odd duck, wacko; see also Thesaurus:strange person
Related terms
Translations
a person who gathers nuts
| (an old usage) |
an eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person
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a person who is obsessed with something