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# nutty

«nutty» in Mova's school dictionary: **Containing nuts or tasting like nuts: «a nutty chocolate…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (nutty, nuttier, nuttiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Containing nuts or tasting like nuts: «a nutty chocolate bar». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutty/#m1)

2) (informal) Silly, crazy or strange in a funny way: «a nutty idea». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutty/#m2)

3) (informal) Very keen on something: «nutty about football». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutty/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In food and safety: «nutty» foods are dangerous for people with nut allergies, so check labels for «may contain nuts». In stories and jokes it describes funny, wacky characters: «a nutty professor», «as nutty as a fruitcake».

### examples

- This bread has a nutty taste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutty/#x1)
- I love nutty chocolate bars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutty/#x2)
- My friend is allergic, so she can't eat nutty cakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutty/#x3)
- That's a nutty idea, but it might work! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutty/#x4)
- The nutty professor invented a flying bicycle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutty/#x5)
- He's nutty about dinosaurs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutty/#x6)

### note

Comparative: nuttier, nuttiest (y → i). The «crazy» meaning is informal and only friendly when used in fun; do not use it to make fun of people with mental illness. For allergies, always read the label — «nutty flavour» can mean real nuts.

### In the corpora

- [They taste nutty and crunchy, and for her they are just a normal snack.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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