Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A crazy or eccentric person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who gathers nuts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A gatherer of nuts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
gathers nuts . - noun informal An
eccentric ,insane ,crazy orreckless person. - noun A person who is
obsessed with something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I think just saying Hitler was a nutter is an oversimplification - it makes the most sense to think of him as a talented amateur who tried to micromanage.
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And I would use the word "nutter" - not of Edwin, obviously.
The continuing saga of Dumbo (Part 2: Darwin was an eejit) Johnny Guitar 2008
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And I would use the word "nutter" - not of Edwin, obviously.
Archive 2008-01-01 Johnny Guitar 2008
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Like, the kind of nutters that make us wonder whether the spirit said nutter is channeling (no really, as in: "My book is the Memoir of Gwynyfynyyynn, Princess of the Lost Underwater Kingdom of Mu, As Dictated Through the Willing Medium of My Person") is TOTALLY WASTED (OMG that's kind of an awesome book idea, is it not?
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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Like, the kind of nutters that make us wonder whether the spirit said nutter is channeling (no really, as in: "My book is the Memoir of Gwynyfynyyynn, Princess of the Lost Underwater Kingdom of Mu, As Dictated Through the Willing Medium of My Person") is TOTALLY WASTED (OMG that's kind of an awesome book idea, is it not?
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An individual who shuns this, especially in politics is more than likely to be labelled a nutter not that we no not have any, or derided by fellow pollies or the media as stoopid and uncultured.
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She's a mild variant of religious nutter, which is inevitable on the Republican side pandering to the "faith-based community" being de rigueur.
Looking in from the outside Glenda Larke 2008
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Mervyn King vs eurozone: A tale of two banks Bank of England Governor Mervyn King coined the term "inflation nutter", but his euro-zone counterparts are the ones living up to the label...
Evening Standard - Home Russell Lynch 2011
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A senior journalist at the time, who dealt with Cameron and clashed with Green routinely, says: "David Cameron was working for a complete raging nutter, which is never easy."
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk James Robinson 2010
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The only thing worse than a nutter is a long-winded nutter, and seeing how much Levi seems love his own writing and voice, he definitely fits into the latter category.
BobFromBrockley 2009
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