nutter

nutter

1. offensive slang A derogatory term for someone who is insane or psychotic. Some nutter went rambling through the mall this morning, screaming incomprehensibly at anyone who went near him. My step-father threatened to have me locked away with the other nutters.
2. slang An eccentric, wild, or wacky person. My friend Jake is a total nutter, always pulling the most insane and reckless stunts. My whole family thinks I'm a bit of a nutter because I practice holistic medicine.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

nutter

n. a nutty person. That guy is a real nutter. Thinks he can get a cab at this hour.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • nut case
  • nutcase
  • nutjob
  • nutcake
  • foundry
  • nut factory
  • nut-foundry
  • nuthatch
  • nuthouse
  • nuttery
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Hurricane Andrew and the California North Ridge earthquake were wake-up calls for the industry, said Nutter. One of the lessons from these disasters is that the insurance industry must work to help strengthen building codes and lenforcement.
The reason for the furtive arrangements became clear at 8.30am the next day when Nutter stepped off a privately chartered Hawker Siddeley plane and onto the tarmac at Gibraltar.
Saunders says he was motivated to move to Nutter for similar reasons.
Chef Andrew Nutter as P T Barnum and, right, in the stocks with Gary Neville
He heard it all, analyzed it and threw out a couple of statements that were right on the button," said George Lemmon, who succeeded Nutter as bishop.
I nodded at Nutter, turned heel and headed towards the train station.
The 28-year-old actress is aware that bringing Nutter back to the show would be "very hard," but she said that she would sell all of her possessions just to have him come back on the show.
Farloe Nutter also ran in two William Hill Derbys at Wimbledon, frustratingly having to be withdrawn from the second round last year through injury.
An Amtrak passenger train 188 from Washington, D.C., to New York City was derailed near Philadelphia on Tuesday night, several people were injured, including 6 who were seriously hurt, as seven cars of the train were derailed, Nutter said.
At least five people have died in Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia, mayor Michael Nutter said.
Washington, May 13 (Petra) -- At least 5 people were killed and more than 50 them critically injured after an Amtrak passenger train with more than 200 passengers on board derailed in north Philadelphia early Wednesday, authorities said Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter confirmed at a news conference that at least five people were killed in the accident.
PHILADELPHIA * "The pope is coming to Philadelphia," Mayor Michael Nutter announced at a news conference Nov.
With negotiations for a sale to a private utility company stalled by a conflict between Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and City Council, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission was concerned enough to conduct a hearing on the future of Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW).
Nutter of Leominster spoke to the hundreds in the room about suicide among veterans and services available to help those suffering.
* Nutter Hardware; Upper Arlington, Ohio: Nutter Hardware possesses the aesthetics of a classic general store, complete with a functioning potbelly stove and old-fashioned ceiling fans.