Definition
Arranged in close formation, one behind the other; nose to tail.
Tightly crowded, packed.
In Context
- "There was a Marine in front of Puller, then Puller, and myself. We were nuts-to-butts, so to speak, and that Marine tripped a booby trap."
- "They’d been led about the Court in a nuts-to-butts conga line, dancing for the amusement of His Royal Highness."
- "“All traffic all the time, every minute on the minute.” The radio waves trembled with Mother’s voice. “It’s nuts to butts on the Kennedy all the way into... wait a second... Accident Alert!”"
- "As you approach the door outside the funnel, you get nuts-to-butts and keep the muzzles of your weapons pointed up. You bring the weapon to bear as soon as you enter the room, careful not to sweep your buddy."
- "The Angels’ current facilities, Sliwa emphasized, are “ ‘sardinelike’ or, to use the street euphemism, ‘nuts to butts.’ Females who have visited felt uncomfortable.”"
- "There are no chairs on the floor, and by show time, it was "nuts-to-butts" out there."
- "The place was nuts-to-butts with state flunkies, troopers and K-9 cops."
- "The night streets are nuts to butts with jarangs — the derogatory Thai term for white folk — strutting and gaping, hunting for beer and pussy, man’s most essential needs."
- "There was this "leaning bar" behind the seats at the main bar. It was nuts-to-butts in there. I had a "motorcycle" jacket on."
- "The slow motion mosh pit resumed and bodies were crushed together like a man’s junk in 80s jeans. It was nuts to butts as we managed to squeeze the last person on, leaving no room to slide a credit card between us. There were armpits in the face and lumps and bumps pressed against lumps and bumps."
- "The last game I rode the train from downtown to was the game where the Cubs won the pennant in the year they won the World Series. That thing was nuts to butts. After being in the country 5 years now I would probably die on that train. I hate crowds."