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  • 1 destornillado

    • dotty
    • nutty
    • screwy
    • unscrewed

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > destornillado

  • 2 enamoradísimo

    • dotty
    • head partner
    • head-on position
    • infarct
    • infatuate
    • infatuated
    • infatuated in love
    • infatuated with love
    • infatuation
    • lost in love
    • lovestruck

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > enamoradísimo

  • 3 chiflado

    adj.
    nutty, batty, crazy, bananas.
    f. & m.
    nut, crackpot, eccentric person, fruitcake.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: chiflar.
    * * *
    1→ link=chiflar chiflar
    1 familiar mad, crazy, barmy, nuts, bonkers
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar nut, loony, headcase
    \
    estar chiflado,-a con/por algo familiar to be crazy about something, be mad about something
    estar chiflado,-a por alguien familiar (enamorado) to be madly in love with somebody
    * * *
    (f. - chiflada)
    adj.
    nutty, crazy
    * * *
    chiflado, -a *
    1.
    ADJ crazy *, barmy *

    estar chiflado con o por algo/algn — to be crazy about sth/sb

    2.
    SM / F nutter *, nutcase *
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)

    ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)

    estar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)

    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].
    Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
    Ex. Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.
    Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex. His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex. Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    Ex. This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.
    Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex. Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex. It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex. Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex. When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    ----
    * chiflado de la informática = computer geek.
    * chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.
    * volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)

    ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)

    estar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)

    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

    Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

    Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
    Ex: Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.
    Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex: His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    Ex: This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.
    Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex: When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    * chiflado de la informática = computer geek.
    * chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.
    * volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *
    chiflado1 -da
    ( fam); crazy ( colloq), mad ( BrE)
    ese viejo está chiflado that old guy's crazy o mad o nuts ( colloq), that old guy's a nutter o off his rocker o round the bend ( colloq)
    estar chiflado POR algo/algn to be crazy o nuts o mad ABOUT sth/sb ( colloq)
    está chiflado por ti he's crazy o nuts o mad about you ( colloq)
    chiflado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); nutcase ( colloq), nutter ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo chiflar: ( conjugate chiflar)

    chiflado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    chiflado    
    chiflar
    chiflado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE);

    estar chiflado por algo/algn to be crazy o mad about sth/sb (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) nutter (colloq)
    chiflar ( conjugate chiflar) verbo transitivo ‹actor/cantante› to whistle at ( as sign of disapproval), ≈ to boo
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( silbar) to whistle
    2 (fam) ( gustar mucho):

    chiflarse verbo pronominal (fam) chifladose por algo/algn to be crazy about sth/sb (colloq)
    chiflado,-a
    I adjetivo familiar mad, crazy [por, about]
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino (loco) nut, loony
    chiflar verbo intransitivo
    1 (con la boca) to whistle
    (con un silbato) to blow
    2 familiar (gustar mucho) me chifla esta música, I love this music
    ' chiflado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chiflada
    - sonada
    - sonado
    - loco
    English:
    barmy
    - batty
    - bend
    - loony
    - mental
    - moonstruck
    - nut
    - nutcase
    - nuts
    - nutty
    - plumb
    - potty
    - wacky
    - zany
    - cracked
    - crush
    - dotty
    - kooky
    - screw
    * * *
    chiflado, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    crazy, mad;
    está chiflado por la música étnica he's crazy o mad about ethnic music;
    está chiflado por una compañera de clase he's really fallen for one of his classmates
    ♦ nm,f
    loony
    * * *
    adj fam
    crazy fam
    ( por about), nuts fam
    ( por about)
    II m, chiflada f nutcase fam, basketcase fam
    * * *
    chiflado, -da adj, fam : nuts, crazy
    chiflado, -da n, fam : crazy person, lunatic
    * * *
    chiflado adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest] / mad [comp. madder; superl. maddest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > chiflado

  • 4 chocho

    adj.
    senile, doddering, dotty, doddery.
    intj.
    wow.
    m.
    cunt, beaver, fanny.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: chochar.
    * * *
    1 doddering, senile
    2 figurado (de cariño) tender, soft
    \
    estar chocho,-a por alguien figurado to be soft about somebody
    ————————
    1 (altramuz) lupin
    2 (dulce) cinnamon candy stick
    3 tabú cunt, pussy
    1 (chucherías) sweets, US candies
    * * *
    I
    1. ADJ
    1) (=senil) doddering, senile
    2) (=embelesado) soft, doting, sentimental

    estar chocho por algn — to dote on sb, be soft on sb

    3) Cono Sur (=contento) delighted, pleased
    2.
    EXCL CAm * no kidding! *, really?
    II
    SM
    1) (=caramelo) candy stick
    pl chochos (=golosinas) sweets, candy sing (EEUU)

    chochos de vieja — lupin seeds sold at street stalls, fairs etc for eating

    2) *** (=vulva) pussy ***
    3) * (=lío) rumpus *, shindy *
    III chocho, -a *
    1.
    ADJ CAm (=nicaragüense) Nicaraguan
    2. SM / F
    1) (=drogadicto) drug addict
    2) CAm (=nicaragüense) Nicaraguan
    chocha
    * * *
    - cha adjetivo
    1)
    a) (fam) < viejo> gaga (colloq)
    b) (fam) (encantado, entusiasmado)

    está chocho por or con su hijita — he dotes on his daughter

    se quedó chocho con el regalo — he was delighted with his present

    2) (como interj) (AmC fam)

    chocho! qué montón de trabajo tenemos! — gosh, have we got a lot of work! (colloq)

    * * *
    = doddering, senile, gaga.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Dawn raids and doddering academics'.
    Ex. However, the advertisements were not found to support the societal stereotypes that the aged are inflexible, senile, physically deteriorated, and dependent.
    Ex. So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.
    ----
    * viejo chocho = dodderer, old fart.
    * * *
    - cha adjetivo
    1)
    a) (fam) < viejo> gaga (colloq)
    b) (fam) (encantado, entusiasmado)

    está chocho por or con su hijita — he dotes on his daughter

    se quedó chocho con el regalo — he was delighted with his present

    2) (como interj) (AmC fam)

    chocho! qué montón de trabajo tenemos! — gosh, have we got a lot of work! (colloq)

    * * *
    = doddering, senile, gaga.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Dawn raids and doddering academics'.

    Ex: However, the advertisements were not found to support the societal stereotypes that the aged are inflexible, senile, physically deteriorated, and dependent.
    Ex: So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.
    * viejo chocho = dodderer, old fart.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( fam); ‹viejo› gaga ( colloq)
    2 ( fam)
    (encantado, entusiasmado): está chocho por or con su hijita he dotes on his daughter
    se quedó chocho con el regalo he was delighted with his present
    lo trasladaron a México y está chocho de la vida he's been transferred to Mexico and he's over the moon about it ( colloq)
    estaba chocho de que se hubiera acordado he was so happy o ( colloq) he was tickled pink that she had remembered, he was really chuffed that she had remembered ( BrE)
    ( AmC fam): ¡chocho! ¡qué carro! wow! that's some car! ( colloq)
    ¡chocho! ¡qué montón de trabajo tenemos que hacer! boy, have we got a lot of work to do! ( colloq)
    cunt ( vulg), beaver ( AmE sl), fanny ( BrE sl)
    * * *

    chocho
    ◊ - cha adjetivo

    a) (fam) ‹ viejo› gaga (colloq)

    b) (fam) ( encantado):


    se quedó chocho con el regalo he was delighted with his present
    ' chocho' also found in these entries:
    English:
    fanny
    - gaga
    - thrilled
    * * *
    chocho, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [viejo] senile;
    estar chocho to be senile;
    es un viejo chocho que no sabe lo que dice he's a senile old man who doesn't know what he's saying
    2. Fam [encariñado]
    está chocho con su novia he dotes on his girlfriend;
    está chocho con su nueva casa he's over the moon about his new house
    ♦ nm
    1. Esp, Méx muy Fam [vulva] Br fanny, US beaver
    2. Fam [altramuz] lupin seed [for eating]
    * * *
    I adj fam
    senile;
    II m pop
    beaver pop, cunt vulg
    * * *
    chocho, - cha adj
    1) : senile
    2) : doting

    Spanish-English dictionary > chocho

  • 5 enamoradísimo

    adj.
    head over heels in love, dotty, infatuated in love, infatuated.
    * * *
    = lovestruck, lovesick, lovestricken.
    Ex. Many kids experience a genuine early crush, but others feel that all their friends are lovestruck and they want to fit in.
    Ex. The art was beautifully done and the story reminded me of my own lovesick days.
    Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.
    * * *
    = lovestruck, lovesick, lovestricken.

    Ex: Many kids experience a genuine early crush, but others feel that all their friends are lovestruck and they want to fit in.

    Ex: The art was beautifully done and the story reminded me of my own lovesick days.
    Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enamoradísimo

  • 6 locamente enamorado

    adj.
    madly in love, head over heels in love, dotty, deeply in love.
    * * *
    (adj.) = lovestruck, lovesick, lovestricken
    Ex. Many kids experience a genuine early crush, but others feel that all their friends are lovestruck and they want to fit in.
    Ex. The art was beautifully done and the story reminded me of my own lovesick days.
    Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.
    * * *
    (adj.) = lovestruck, lovesick, lovestricken

    Ex: Many kids experience a genuine early crush, but others feel that all their friends are lovestruck and they want to fit in.

    Ex: The art was beautifully done and the story reminded me of my own lovesick days.
    Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.

    Spanish-English dictionary > locamente enamorado

  • 7 revirado

    adj.
    twisted: applied to fibers of trees. (Botany)
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: revirar.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (RPl fam) ( loco) loopy (colloq); ( revoltoso) wild
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (RPl fam) ( loco) loopy (colloq); ( revoltoso) wild
    * * *
    A ‹carretera› twisting, winding
    B ( RPl fam)
    1 (loco) nutty ( colloq), dotty ( colloq), loopy ( colloq)
    * * *
    revirado, -a adj
    RP bad-tempered;
    no le hagas caso, que hoy anda medio revirado don't pay any attention to him, he's in a bad mood today

    Spanish-English dictionary > revirado

  • 8 tembleque

    adj.
    doddering, shaky, dotty, infirm.
    m.
    1 trembling fit.
    le dio o entró un tembleque he got the shakes
    2 shaking fit.
    * * *
    1 familiar shaking fit
    \
    me dio el tembleque / me entró el tembleque familiar I got the shivers, I had a shaking fit
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) shaky (colloq)
    II
    masculino shaking

    me dio or entró un tembleque — (fam) I got the shakes (colloq)

    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) shaky (colloq)
    II
    masculino shaking

    me dio or entró un tembleque — (fam) I got the shakes (colloq)

    * * *
    shaking
    el tembleque de la mano derecha the shaking o trembling of his right hand
    me dio or entró un tembleque ( fam); I got the shakes ( colloq), I started shaking o trembling
    * * *

    tembleque m fam shaking fit: me entró el tembleque, I got the shakes
    ' tembleque' also found in these entries:
    English:
    jitters
    * * *
    trembling fit;
    le dio o [m5] entró un tembleque he started trembling, he got the shakes;
    me dio o [m5] entró un tembleque en las piernas my legs started shaking;
    tiene tembleque en las manos he has a tremor in his hands
    * * *
    m trembling, shaking; de frío shivering

    Spanish-English dictionary > tembleque

  • 9 barrenado *

    ADJ

    Spanish-English dictionary > barrenado *

  • 10 destornillado

    adj.
    1 inconsiderate, heedless, rash.
    2 screwy, looney, dotty, batty.
    3 unscrewed.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: destornillar.
    * * *
    ( fam); crazy ( colloq)
    * * *
    destornillado, -a adj
    Fam crazy, harebrained
    * * *
    adj fam
    crazy fam, screwy fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > destornillado

  • 11 reblandecido

    ( fam); soft in the head ( colloq)
    un viejo reblandecido a dotty old man ( colloq)

    Spanish-English dictionary > reblandecido

  • 12 descabellada


    descabellado,-a adjetivo crazy, wild
    ' descabellada' also found in these entries:
    English:
    barmy
    - dotty

    Spanish-English dictionary > descabellada

  • 13 chocheante

    • doddering
    • dotty

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > chocheante

  • 14 chocho

    • doddering
    • doddery
    • dotty
    • senescent
    • senility

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > chocho

  • 15 estar como una cabra

    • be batty
    • be crazy
    • be daft
    • be dotty
    • be nuts
    • be off one's nuts

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > estar como una cabra

  • 16 estar como una cafetera

    • be batty
    • be daft
    • be dotty
    • be nuts
    • be off one's nuts

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > estar como una cafetera

  • 17 estar mal de la cabeza

    • be crazy
    • be dotty
    • be soft in the head
    • have a bath
    • have a belief

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > estar mal de la cabeza

  • 18 chocheante

    adj.
    doddering, dotty.
    f. & m.
    doddering person, doting person.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chocheante

  • 19 empalagosamente amoroso

    adj.
    foolishly amorous, spoony, dotty.

    Spanish-English dictionary > empalagosamente amoroso

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  • dotty — [adj] crazy absurd, daft, demented, disturbed, eccentric, foolish, goofy*, loony*, mentally unbalanced, nuts*, nutty, odd, peculiar, queer, ridiculous, strange, twisted, unconventional, weird; concept 403 …   New thesaurus

  • dotty — ► ADJECTIVE (dottier, dottiest) informal, chiefly Brit. ▪ slightly mad or eccentric. DERIVATIVES dottily adverb dottiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps from obsolete dote simpleton, fool …   English terms dictionary

  • dotty — dotty1 [dät′ē] adj. dottier, dottiest [< DOT1 + Y2] dotted dotty2 [dät′ē] adj. dottier, dottiest [< ME dotti , silly < doten …   English World dictionary

  • dotty — UK [ˈdɒtɪ] / US [ˈdɑtɪ] adjective Word forms dotty : adjective dotty comparative dottier superlative dottiest informal old fashioned 1) slightly crazy 2) loving someone or something very much dotty about: She s dotty about him …   English dictionary

  • dotty — I. adjective (dottier; est) Etymology: alteration of Scots dottle fool, from Middle English dotel, from doten Date: 15th century 1. a. mentally unbalanced ; crazy b. amiably eccentric < a dotty old relative > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dotty — dot|ty [ˈdɔti US ˈda:ti] adj old fashioned informal [Date: 1800 1900; : Scottish English; Origin: dottle stupid person , from dote to be stupid (12 19 centuries)] 1.) slightly crazy 2.) dotty about sb/sth liking or loving someone or something… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • dotty — [[t]dɒ̱ti[/t]] dottier, dottiest ADJ GRADED If you say that someone is dotty, you mean that they are slightly mad or likely to do strange things. [mainly BRIT, INFORMAL] She was obviously going a bit dotty. Syn: eccentric …   English dictionary

  • dotty — adjective informal especially BrE 1 slightly crazy or likely to behave strangely 2 dotty about sb/sth very fond of or interested in someone or something: Gemma s dotty about horses …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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