Bughouse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbʌɡhaʊs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bughouse is a noun meaning (US, slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
Meaning
(US, slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
More Meanings
- (US, slang) A prison.
- (US, slang) A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.
- (South Africa, slang) A cheap and dirty cinema.
- (chess) Clipping of bughouse chess
- (US, slang) Crazy, insane.
Example Sentences
Ewball, man, that is some bughouse talk.
Well, he was ready for the bughouse, certainly.
'Just what's up on this train? It seems bughouse to me.'
“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 whine—“I never asked yer to⸺”
Word Forms
- bughouses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include flea bag, stinkhouse, fleabag, doghouse, bung, trugging-house.
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