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nuthouses

nuthouses is the plural of nuthouse.

Meaning of nuthouse

Noun

nuthouse (plural nuthouses)

  1. (informal, offensive) A hospital for the mentally ill.
    • That guy is totally crazy; he belongs in a nuthouse.
    Synonyms:
    bedlam, bin, booby-hatch, booby house, bughouse, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, happy hotel, insane asylum

Questions about nuthouses

What is nuthouses the plural of?
Nuthouses is the plural of nuthouse.

Words near nuthouses in the dictionary

  1. nuthin'
  2. nuthing
  3. nuthook
  4. nuthooks
  5. nuthouse
  6. nuthouses
  7. nuths
  8. nuthugger
  9. nuthuggers
  10. Nuthurst
  11. nutil

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