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As a noun nuts

is .

As an adjective nuts

is (colloquial) insane, mad.

As an interjection nuts

is indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.

As a verb nuts

is (nut).

As a letter c is

the third letter of the.

As a numeral c is

cardinal number one hundred (100).

As a symbol c is

carbon.

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)

    • Anagrams

    *

    c

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=b, next=d, image= (wikipedia c)

    Etymology 1

    Modification of upper case letter C, from Etruscan .

    Letter

  • The third letter of the .
    • Usage notes
    * Not to be confused with (the lunate sigma). * In many languages, the letter c represents both a “hard” ), based on the following letter. * In a number of languages, it is used only for the sound. * In many languages, it occurs frequently in the digraph with ch. * In some romanization systems of non-Latin scripts, it represents .
    See also
    (Latn-script) * Other scripts: , * Letters and symbols with similar shapes: (open O), * For more variations, see . * * (wikipedia "c")

    Symbol

    (Voiceless palatal plosive) (head)
  • voiceless palatal plosive.

    • Etymology 2

    Lower case form of upper case roman numeral C, a standardization of ), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.

    Alternative forms

    * C,

    Numeral

  • cardinal number one hundred (100).
    • Usage notes
    With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as c, it represents one hundred thousand.
    Derived terms
    * English: c-note
    See also
    * Lesser roman numeral symbol: * Greater roman numeral symbol: *

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Symbol

    (head)
  • (label) The speed of light, 2.99792458 × 108 m/s.
  • (label) The space of convergent sequences

    • See also

    {{Letter, page=C , NATO=Charlie , Morse=–·–· , Character=C3 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin C.png, Capital and lowercase versions of C , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter C.png, Uppercase and lowercase C in Fraktur ----