What does off one's nut mean?

off one's nut

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

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British usage; Dated

"Old Smith was awfully bucked because he'd taken four wickets. I should think he'd go off his nut if he took eight ever."
""[I]f I was to spring this news in Mr. Wright's hearin', why, such a sensitive, high-tempered gentleman as he would go plumb off his nut.""
""Look at them rapids ahead of us! Why, the guy that laid out this river was off his nut!""

off one's rocker

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