"nutter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /nʌtə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nutter.wav Forms: nutters [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English nutter, notere, equivalent to nut + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nutter}} Middle English nutter, {{suf|en|nut|er|id2=agent noun}} nut + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} nutter (plural nutters)
  1. A person who gathers nuts.
    Sense id: en-nutter-en-noun-5RtDWzYQ Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 24 34 42
  2. (UK, Ireland, sometimes derogatory, informal) An eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person. Tags: Ireland, UK, derogatory, informal, sometimes Categories (topical): People Translations (an eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person): kaheli (Finnish), kahjo (Finnish), лу́дак (lúdak) [masculine] (Macedonian), porowairangi (Maori)
    Sense id: en-nutter-en-noun-GUGzmdv- Disambiguation of People: 33 65 3 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English blends, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English blends: 24 34 42 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 19 81 Synonyms: kook#Noun (english: eccentric), odd duck, wacko, ; (english: insane), nut#Noun, nutcase, nutjob, nutbag, loony, ;, strange person, mad person Disambiguation of 'an eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pit nutter Related terms: nuts [adjective], nutso, nuttiness, nutty
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /nʌtə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nutter.wav
Rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ) Etymology: Blend of nut + butter Etymology templates: {{blend|en|nut|butter}} Blend of nut + butter Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} nutter (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete) nut butter Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-nutter-en-noun-W1l6HqNG Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English blends: 24 34 42 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 24 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 22 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 22 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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