bughouse

/ˈbʌɡhaʊs/

Etymology

From bug + house.

adj

  1. Crazy, insane.““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⸺””

noun

  1. A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
  2. A prison.
  3. A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.“Well, he was ready for the bughouse, certainly.”
  4. A cheap and dirty cinema.