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Bughouse

/ˈbʌɡhaʊs/

A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.

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noun
  1. 1

    A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.

  2. 2

    A prison.

  3. 3

    A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.

  4. 4

    A cheap and dirty cinema.

adjective
  1. 1

    Crazy, insane.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bughouse"

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flea bagnoun(slang) A disreputable place of accommodation.
stinkhousenoun(slang, derogatory) Any offensively unclean building.
fleabagnoun(slang) A place of shabby lodging, particularly a filthy hotel or run-down apartment.
doghousenounAny small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.
booby housenoun(slang, derogatory) booby-hatch; lunatic asylum
bungnounA stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber, used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc.
trugging-housenoun(obsolete) A brothel.
bug-walknoun(UK, slang, obsolete) A bed.
mahogany flatnoun(UK, obsolete, slang) A bedbug.
stinkholenoun(vulgar, slang, derogatory) The anus.
chousenoun(obsolete) One who is easily cheated; a gullible person.
booby-hatchnoun(nautical) A small hatchway in the deck of a ship.
flea-bagnounAlternative form of fleabag. [(slang) A bed or sleeping bag.]
fuckshopnoun(rare, vulgar) A brothel.
roach motelnounSomething that is easy to enter, but is difficult or costly to leave.
bawdy housenounAlternative spelling of bawdy-house. [(now chiefly historical, formal) A brothel; a house of prostitution.]
bawdyhousenounAlternative spelling of bawdy-house. [(now chiefly historical, formal) A brothel; a house of prostitution.]
b-flatnoun(music) The note one semitone below B, notated B♭.
shitpitnoun(slang, vulgar) A very unpleasant location.
crowbar hotelnoun(slang) Jail.

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