nuts

nuts¹ [nʌts] adj [not before noun] informal

1.) crazy

▪ Are you nuts?

▪ I'm going to go nuts (=become crazy) if I don't find a new job soon.

▪ Turn that radio off. It's driving me nuts (=annoying me very much) .

2.) go nutsspoken

a) to become very excited because something good has just happened

▪ The crowd went nuts after the third touchdown.

b) to become very angry about something

▪ Mom's going to go nuts if you don't clean this mess up.

3.) be nuts about/over sb/sth

to like someone or something very much

▪ My wife is nuts about kids.

nuts ²

nuts² interjection AmE old-fashioned

1.) used to emphasize that something bad or annoying has happened

▪ Nuts! Now we're going to be late for the movie.

2.) nuts to sb/sth

used when you are angrily refusing to listen to someone or do something

▪ 'Nuts to that,' he sneered, and left.