bughouse

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bughouse

/ˈbʌɡhaʊs/

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From bug + house.

noun bughouses

US, slang A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
US, slang A prison.
US, slang A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum. Well, he was ready for the bughouse, certainly.
South Africa, slang A cheap and dirty cinema.
abbreviation, clipping Clipping of bughouse chess

adjective more bughouse · most bughouse

US, slang Crazy, insane. “Get up and dress. I can stand a rattlesnake, but I hate a liar. Do I have to tell you again?” He caught McGuire by the neck and stood him on the floor. / “Say, friend,” cried McGuire wildly, “are you bughouse? I’m sick—see? I’ll croak if I got to hustle. What’ve I done to yer?”—he began his chronic

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@misc{bughouse_2026,
  title = {bughouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bughouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}