- bughouse(1)
- {n.}, {slang} An insane asylum. * /They took Joe to the bughouse./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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bughouse(1) — {n.}, {slang} An insane asylum. * /They took Joe to the bughouse./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bughouse(2) — {adj.}, {slang} Crazy, insane. * /Joe s gone bughouse./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bughouse(2) — {adj.}, {slang} Crazy, insane. * /Joe s gone bughouse./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bughouse — 1. noun /ˈbʌɡhaʊs/ a) A flea infested hotel, lodging house etc. b) A prison. 2. adjective /ˈbʌɡhaʊs/ Crazy, insane. Ewball, man, that is some bughouse talk … Wiktionary
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