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    bug·house
    /ˈbəɡˌ(h)ous/

    noun

    • 1. a psychiatric hospital: informal North American "he finally ended up in the bughouse"
    • 2. a seedy, run-down cinema: informal, dated North American "as a youngster, I was besotted with American Westerns screened at the local bughouse"

    adjective

    • 1. crazy; insane: "they've gone completely bughouse"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › bughouseBughouse Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Noun. Radicalized nutballs are just starting to bubble to the surface of the national consciousness—like this tantrum-throwing buffoon, Landon Copeland, who took the hearing for his role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol as an opportunity to turn a court of law into a MAGA bughouse.

  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › bughouseBUGHOUSE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    Bughouse definition: an insane asylum.. See examples of BUGHOUSE used in a sentence.

  4. www.oed.com › dictionary › bughouse_nbughouse, n. & adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English...

    What does the word bughouse mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word bughouse. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. bughouse has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. psychiatry (1880s) medicine (1890s) film (1950s) theatre (1950s) See meaning & use.

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › bughouseBughouse - definition of bughouse by The Free Dictionary

    Define bughouse. bughouse synonyms, bughouse pronunciation, bughouse translation, English dictionary definition of bughouse. Offensive Slang n. An institution for the mentally ill. adj. Mentally deranged; crazy.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBUGHOUSE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    2 meanings: 1. a psychiatric hospital 2. mentally disordered.... Click for more definitions.

  7. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › bughouseBUGHOUSE Synonyms: 134 Similar and Opposite Words -...

    Synonyms for BUGHOUSE: psychotic, lunatic, insane, nuts, mad, crazy, maniac, mental; Antonyms of BUGHOUSE: sane, sound, balanced, reasonable, rational, lucid, normal, clear

  8. en.bab.la › dictionary › englishbughouse - Definition in English - bab.la

    bughouse. volume_up. UK /ˈbʌɡhaʊs/ noun 1. (North American English, informal, sometimes offensive) a psychiatric hospital he finally ended up in the bughouse 2. (North American English, informal, dated) a seedy, run-down cinema as a youngster, I was besotted with American Westerns screened at the local bughouse adjective (North American ...