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bughouse

noun
/ˈbʌɡhaʊs/

Etymology

From bug + house.

  1. inherited from husen
  2. derived from *(s)kews-✻
  3. inherited from *hūsą✻ — “house”
  4. inherited from *hūs✻
  5. inherited from hūs — “dwelling, shelter, house”
  6. inherited from hous
  7. compounded as bughouse — “bug + house”

Definitions

  1. A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.

  2. A prison.

  3. A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.

    • Well, he was ready for the bughouse, certainly.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A cheap and dirty cinema.

    2. Clipping of bughouse chess

    3. Crazy, insane.

      • 'Just what's up on this train? It seems bughouse to me.'
      • Ewball, man, that is some bughouse talk.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA