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bughouse

bughouse

English

Noun

bughouse ‎(plural bughouses)

(US, slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
(US, slang) A prison.
(US, slang) A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.
(South Africa, slang) A cheap and dirty cinema.

Derived terms

bughouse chess

Adjective

bughouse ‎(comparative more bughouse, superlative most bughouse)

(US, slang) Crazy, insane.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 1127:
  Ewball, man, that is some bughouse talk.