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Adjective [English]

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Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nuts to butts (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly of people) Arranged in close formation, one behind the other; nose to tail. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable, slang Synonyms: nuts-to-butts [adjective]
    Sense id: en-nuts_to_butts-en-adj-wfc7WN1Q Categories (other): English rhyming compounds Disambiguation of English rhyming compounds: 41 17 17 25
  2. Tightly crowded, packed. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable, slang
    Sense id: en-nuts_to_butts-en-adj-TLH1dVPP

Adverb [English]

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Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} nuts to butts (not comparable)
  1. (originally military, chiefly of people) Closely one behind the other. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable, slang Categories (topical): Military
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  2. (by extension) Crowdedly, tightly, compactly. Tags: broadly, idiomatic, not-comparable, slang
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Alternative forms

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          "text": "As you approach the door outside the funnel, you get nuts-to-butts and keep the muzzles of your weapons pointed up. You bring the weapon to bear as soon as you enter the room, careful not to sweep your buddy.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Arranged in close formation, one behind the other; nose to tail."
      ],
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          "Arranged",
          "arranged#English"
        ],
        [
          "behind",
          "behind"
        ],
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          "nose to tail",
          "nose to tail"
        ]
      ],
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        "(chiefly of people) Arranged in close formation, one behind the other; nose to tail."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of people"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1994 August 29, Sliwa, “Angels with Smelly Armpits”, in Monica Corcoran, New York, volume 27, number 34, page 28:",
          "text": "The Angels’ current facilities, Sliwa emphasized, are “ ‘sardinelike’ or, to use the street euphemism, ‘nuts to butts.’ Females who have visited felt uncomfortable.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000 March 28, “Tour Diary #1: Asleep At The Wheel Hug The Road With Bob Dylan”, in MTV, archived from the original on 2024-04-25:",
          "text": "There are no chairs on the floor, and by show time, it was \"nuts-to-butts\" out there.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, P. J. Parrish, chapter 35, in Dead of Winter, Pinnacle Books, page 342:",
          "text": "The place was nuts-to-butts with state flunkies, troopers and K-9 cops.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Mike Sager, “Thailand's Home for Wayward Bets” (chapter 8), in Wounded Warriors: Those for Whom the War Never Ends, w: Da Capo Press, page 169:",
          "text": "The night streets are nuts to butts with jarangs — the derogatory Thai term for white folk — strutting and gaping, hunting for beer and pussy, man’s most essential needs.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 January 28, Morgan Buchanan, “Smacked a Harley rider in the face . . .”, in VTX OA, archived from the original on 2024-04-25:",
          "text": "There was this \"leaning bar\" behind the seats at the main bar. It was nuts-to-butts in there. I had a \"motorcycle\" jacket on.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 December 2, “The accidental pervert”, in Head in a Blender, archived from the original on 2024-04-25:",
          "text": "The slow motion mosh pit resumed and bodies were crushed together like a man’s junk in 80s jeans. It was nuts to butts as we managed to squeeze the last person on, leaving no room to slide a credit card between us. There were armpits in the face and lumps and bumps pressed against lumps and bumps.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 February 9, okeefe4prez, “Who’s Going To Wrigley?”, in Hawkeye Nation, archived from the original on 2024-04-25:",
          "text": "The last game I rode the train from downtown to was the game where the Cubs won the pennant in the year they won the World Series. That thing was nuts to butts. After being in the country 5 years now I would probably die on that train. I hate crowds.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Tightly crowded, packed."
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        ],
        [
          "crowded",
          "crowded"
        ],
        [
          "packed",
          "packed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable",
        "slang"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "nuts-to-butts"
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}

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