Meaning

1 senses
  1. (informal, offensive)A hospital for the mentally ill.

    That guy is totally crazy; he belongs in a nuthouse.

More definitions
  • pejorative terms for an insane asylum

Examples

4 sentences
  1. It's not a nuthouse, it's a psychiatric hospital.

    ruЭто не дурдом, а психиатрическая больница.

    deDas ist kein Irrenhaus, sondern eine psychiatrische Klinik.

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  2. Why did they put Tom in a nuthouse?

    deWarum haben sie Tom in ein Irrenhaus gesteckt?

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  3. That crazy squirrel belongs in a nuthouse!

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  4. Sometimes, I think I'm in a nuthouse.

    ruИногда я думаю, что я в дурдоме.

    deManchmal komme ich mir vor wie in einem Irrenhaus.

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Origin

From nut + house.

From nut + house.

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