nutted

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of nut.

   During the scuffle, one fan nutted a steward and was hauled away by security.

   The forward nutted a defender right in front of the referee and was sent off.

   Note

   One spelling does both jobs: it stands alone in the past tense (he nutted the steward) and follows have or be in the perfect and passive (he was nutted). It carries every meaning of the verb: gathering nuts, headbutting in British slang, striking someone in the testicles, thrashing an opponent, and a mildly vulgar sense of ejaculating. Context decides, so the scuffle meaning can misfire in mixed company.

2. 2
   adjective

   Prepared or made with nuts as an ingredient.

   The bakery sells a rich nutted bread every Saturday morning.

   Guests raved about the nutted brie that came with the cheese board.

   Note

   An adjective that only looks like a participle. A nutted loaf has nuts in it; nothing has been done to it. It sits before its noun, as in a nutted cheese sandwich, and it does not grade, so one bread is never more nutted than another. In food writing, put it beside the dish so it is not mistaken for the verb's past form, with its slang about headbutting.

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