Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, transitive)To find a solution (for something), especially in a group discussion; also, to work out the finer details (of something).

  2. (US, intransitive, slang)To become crazy, especially with rage.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Tom spent hours trying to nut out the reasons for the discrepancies in his company's books.

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Origin

From nut (“(slang) the head”) + out, referring to thinking or working something out in one

From nut (“(slang) the head”) + out, referring to thinking or working something out in one’s head.

From nut (“(slang) crazy person”) + out.

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Forms

nuts out, nutting out, nutted out, nutted out
Base formnut out · to nut out
3rd person singularnuts out
Present participlenutting out
Past simplenutted out
Past participlenutted out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynut out
he, she, itnuts out

Past simpleLesson

all personsnutted out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave nutted out
he, she, ithas nutted out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nut out

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

10 synonyms
nut upcrazehave a screw loosehave bats in one's belfryravehave a kangaroo loose in the top paddockhave bats in the belfryhave squirrels in the attichave toys in the attic

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nurturenutB2nutcasenutcrackernuthousenutmeg
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