bughouse

[ buhg-hous ]

/ ˈbʌgˌhaʊs /

Slang.

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noun, plural bug·hous·es [buhg-hou-ziz] /ˈbʌgˌhaʊ zɪz/.

an insane asylum.

adjective

insane; crazy.

Origin of bughouse

1890–95, Americanism; bug¹ (cf. buggy², bugs) + house

Words nearby bughouse

bugger-all, buggery, buggin's turn, buggins' turn, buggy, bughouse, bughouse square, buginese, bugle, bugleweed, bugloss

Example sentences from the Web for bughouse

He says you know what he wants to be, and that you think he's bughouse.

William Adolphus Turnpike |William Banks
That frame has got upon it no clothes she does not need; she wears no bughouse bonnet that makes man's bosom bleed.

Rippling Rhymes |Walt Mason
And I guess they're not quitting it till they figger Josh is right for the bughouse.

The Triumph of John Kars |Ridgwell Cullum
I heard 'er screamin' agen, 'Oh, I say—the flyin' mail—flyin'—bughouse,' an' then nothin' more.

Tramping with Tramps |Josiah Flynt

Gerald was bughouse on a gambling proposition, across the Mexican line.

Owen Clancy's Happy Trail |Burt L. Standish

British Dictionary definitions for bughouse

bughouse

/ (ˈbʌɡˌhaʊs) offensive, slang, mainly US /

noun

a mental hospital or asylum

adjective

insane; crazy

Word Origin for bughouse

C20: from bug 1 + ( mad) house

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bughouse

noun, plural bug·hous·es [buhg-hou-ziz] /ˈbʌgˌhaʊ zɪz/.

adjective

Origin of bughouse

Words nearby bughouse

Example sentences from the Web for bughouse

British Dictionary definitions for bughouse

noun

adjective

Word Origin for bughouse

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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bughouse

noun, plural bug·hous·es [buhg-hou-ziz] /ˈbʌgˌhaʊ zɪz/.

adjective

Origin of bughouse

Words nearby bughouse

Words related to bughouse

Example sentences from the Web for bughouse

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