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NUTCASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nutcase mean?
• NUTCASE (noun)
The noun NUTCASE has 1 sense:
1. someone deranged and possibly dangerous
Familiarity information: NUTCASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone deranged and possibly dangerous
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
crazy; looney; loony; nutcase; weirdo
Hypernyms ("nutcase" is a kind of...):
lunatic; madman; maniac (an insane person)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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