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Meaning of bughouse | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈbʌɡhaʊs

Definitions

  1. A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
    US, slang
  2. A prison.
    US, slang
  3. A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.
    US, slang
  4. A cheap and dirty cinema.
    South-Africa, slang
  5. Clipping of bughouse chess
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Examples

“Well, he was ready for the bughouse, certainly.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

bughouse chess bugia bugicide Buginese Bugis bugkind

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