- bughouse
- I. adjective Date: 1891 slang mentally deranged ; crazy II. noun Date: 1899 slang an insane asylum
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Bughouse — can refer to several things:* A psychiatric hospital * Bughouse chess * Operation Bughouse , an alternate name for the fictional Battle of Klendathu … Wikipedia
bughouse — ☆ bughouse [bug′hous΄ ] n. Slang an insane asylum adj. Slang insane … English World dictionary
Bughouse — Blitz à quatre joueurs de blitz à quatre Le blitz à quatre est une variante du jeu d échecs populaire, et aussi connue sous d autres appellations variées, comme tandem[1]. Elle consiste à jouer en deux équipes de deux joueurs sur deux éc … Wikipédia en Français
bughouse — I. noun slang An insane asylum. They took Joe to the bughouse. II. adj slang Crazy, insane. Joe s gone bughouse … Словарь американских идиом
bughouse — mentally unbalanced Perhaps from the insects figuratively buzzing round in the head: It s enough to make a man bughouse when he has to play a part from morning to night. (A. C. Doyle, 1917) The noun in America denotes an institution… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
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(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 — 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
Bughouse chess — Infobox Game subject name=Bughouse chess image link= image caption= players=4 setup time= 1 minute playing time= Usually 5 to 10 minutes complexity=Medium strategy=High random chance=None skills=Chess strategy, Blitz chess footnotes= bggid= 14188 … Wikipedia
