The Clue
Loony (4 letter answer)
The Answer
NUTS
Tags
Notes
The answer NUTS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 190 puzzles.
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Definition
NUT as a noun:
1. usually large hard-shelled seed
2. Egyptian goddess of the sky
3. a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
4. (en, nut) = half the width of an em
5. (crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, nutcase, fruitcake, screwball) = a whimsically eccentric person
6. (addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky) = someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"
7. (testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg) = one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
NUT as a verb:
1. gather nuts
NUTS as an adjective:
1. (balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky) = informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"