"nutcase" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnʌtkeɪs/ [UK] Audio: En-au-nutcase.ogg Forms: nutcases [plural]
Etymology: From nut + case. Compare headcase, mental case etc. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|nut|case}} nut + case Head templates: {{en-noun}} nutcase (plural nutcases)
  1. (UK, Ireland, often humorous) An eccentric or odd person. Tags: Ireland, UK, humorous, often Synonyms (eccentric or odd person): freak Synonyms (insane person): psycho Translations (an eccentric or odd person): oelewapper [common-gender, rare] (Dutch), outolintu (Finnish), schräger Vogel [masculine] (German), Spinner [masculine] (German), seltsamer Typ [masculine] (German), original [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nutcase-en-noun-oijQPV5Z Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'eccentric or odd person': 97 3 Disambiguation of 'insane person': 71 29 Disambiguation of 'an eccentric or odd person': 97 3
  2. (slang, chiefly derogatory) Someone who is insane. Tags: derogatory, slang Translations (slang: someone who is insane): koekert (Dutch), koekwaus [Dutch, Southern] (Dutch), hullu (Finnish), sekopää (Finnish), kaistapää (Finnish), seko (Finnish), Spinner [masculine] (German), Irrer [masculine] (German), Verrückter [masculine] (German), лу́дак (lúdak) [masculine] (Macedonian), دلی (deli) (Ottoman Turkish), knasboll [neuter] (Swedish), knäppgök [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nutcase-en-noun-z-jKOyo7 Disambiguation of 'slang: someone who is insane': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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