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Cuts vs Nuts - What's the difference?

cuts | nuts |

As nouns the difference between cuts and nuts

is that cuts is while nuts is .

As verbs the difference between cuts and nuts

is that cuts is (cut) while nuts is (nut).

As an adjective nuts is

(colloquial) insane, mad.

As an interjection nuts is

indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.

cuts

English

Noun

(head)
  • Corporal punishment at school.
  • * 1995 , Bill Marsh, Ape'', ''Old Yanconian Daze , page 110,
    • ‘I?ll give you something to keep you awake, McFadyen!’ Ape shouted.
    Meat was taken off to the staff room and given the cuts .
  • * 2001 , Lyall Ford, Poorhouse to Paradise: The Adventures of a Pioneering Family in a North Queensland Country Town , page 55,
    • He reckons that about 80% of the boys in the school regularly received the cuts from Mr Saunders so he didn?t feel as if he was being unduly picked on.
  • * 2008 , Gaynor McGrath, Lemniscate , page 250,
    • My greatest happiness is that Sebastian is having a good time at school and has never been given the cuts .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cut)

    • Anagrams

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    nuts

    English

    Noun

    (head) (p)
  • (vulgar, slang) Testicles.
    • Ohhh, he just got kicked in the nuts!
  • (poker) A hand that can be proven unbeatable even when the hand's holder does not know any of the hidden cards the other poker players involved in a hand hold or held.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial) Insane, mad.
    • After living on the island alone for five years, he eventually went nuts .
  • (colloquial, figuratively) Crazy, mad; unusually pleased or, alternatively, angered.
    • I just go nuts over her fantastic desserts.
    The referee made a bad call against the home team and the crowd went nuts .

    Synonyms

    * nutty * See also

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.
    • Nuts! They didn't even listen to what I had to say.
  • Signifies rejection of a proposal or idea, as in forget it,'' ''no way,'' or ''nothing doing .

    • Usage notes

    * The association with testicles (See .) adds an intensifying effect to the anger or rejection. * Use of "Nuts" rather than another form of "No" is often intentionally insulting.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nut)

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