"nuthouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnʌtˌhaʊs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nuthouse.wav Forms: nuthouses [plural]
Etymology: From nut + house. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|nut|house}} nut + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} nuthouse (plural nuthouses)
  1. (informal, offensive) A hospital for the mentally ill. Tags: informal, offensive
    Sense id: en-nuthouse-en-noun-xjm0Agqu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: bedlam [obsolete], bin [slang], booby-hatch [derogatory, slang], booby house [derogatory, slang], bughouse [derogatory, slang], crazy house [derogatory], cuckoo's nest [slang], funny farm [slang], happy hotel [derogatory, euphemistic], insane asylum [dated], laughing academy [derogatory, euphemistic, slang], loony bin [slang], lunatic asylum [dated, offensive], madhouse [obsolete], mental asylum [dated], mental home, grippy sock vacation, mental health center, mental health hospital, mental hospital, mental institution, nutfarm [offensive], nuthouse [offensive], psychiatric hospital, psychopathic hospital, psychiatric ward, psych ward, special hospital [euphemistic], whack shack [slang]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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