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# nutcase

«nutcase» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who acts in a very silly, wild or crazy way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a nutcase, nutcases)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (slang, unkind) A person who acts in a very silly, wild or crazy way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutcase/#m1)

2) (slang, can be friendly) A fun, daft person, as in "You're a total nutcase!" among friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutcase/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in informal talk and stories; it can be a joke between friends or an insult. It is unkind and hurtful to use about people with mental illness. In stories it shows the speaker is being rude or teasing.

### examples

- "You're a nutcase!" laughed Tom as his friend jumped in the puddle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutcase/#x1)
- Some nutcase drove the wrong way down the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutcase/#x2)
- My uncle is a lovable nutcase who dances everywhere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutcase/#x3)
- Don't call people nutcases; it can hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutcase/#x4)
- The dog went like a nutcase when it saw the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutcase/#x5)
- Only a nutcase would swim in the sea in January! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutcase/#x6)

### note

Informal and slang; never use in school writing. Similar slang: "nutter" (UK), "nut", "loony", all unkind. Kind language: avoid using these words about people who are ill.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nutcase» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutcase/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.