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nut up en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /nʌt ʌp/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From nut + up (influenced by expressions like "man up" or "shut up"; "nut" refers to testicles, symbolically implying being more manly).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, slang) To show courage and hide one's apprehension.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
nuts up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
nutting up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
nutted up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
nutted up Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

shut up

Synonyms

take lying down · put up with · endure · man up

nut up en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /nʌt ʌp/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From nut + up, apparently related to go nuts and do one's nut.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, slang) To lose one's temper, go nuts.
    • And what if some shit went wrong? Pimp was known to get crazy over minor shit. I didn't know if I could trust him to pull off a job like this without nutting up in the middle of the mix. 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 103:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
nuts up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
nutting up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
nutted up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
nutted up Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

nut out