nutter

[ nuht-er ]

noun

1. a person who gathers nuts. nut.
2. British Slang. an insane person.

nutter

/ ˈnʌtə /

noun

1. slang.
   a mad or eccentric person

Word History and Origins

Origin of nutter¹

First recorded in 1475–85; nut + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Simon realised that he needed to do something big to show his love for sport - so he is now taking on what he describes as a "triathlon for absolute nutters".

From BBC

“He gave me a very funny look. I think he thought I was a nutter.”

From New York Times

Remembering him fondly, Ruby says: "Dad was a nutter, to be fair. He was just full of laughter."

From BBC

“I emphasize the place, because a New York nutter is world-class — something to do with the way the city, so cellular, so like an asylum, an island of vertical compartments, isolates people and intensifies psychosis.”

From Washington Post

That leads to the next installment: Republicans will lose because this time around they are "running the biggest batch of nutters nationwide in American electoral history."

From Salon

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