bughouse
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of bughouse
Example Sentences
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His sax player, Rocky Morales, told me in the men’s room, “I used to be in the bughouse, but I’m O.K. now.”
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2013
This is starting to seem less like a skillful game of chess and more like a madcap game of bughouse.
From Forbes • Jan. 31, 2013
Many a U. S. community knows the type: a great reader, self-taught and apt to be considered mildly bughouse; a man whose passionate hobby is universal history.
From Time Magazine Archive
Petulant as a small boy he went "bughouse" when crossed, but he was cunning, and he earned the respect of New York City's top crooks.
From Time Magazine Archive
You got a bughouse patient on your bands!
From The Machine by Sinclair, Upton
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