nuthouse

nut house

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /ˈnʌt.haʊs/
- /ˈnʌt.haʊs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ˈnʌt.haʊs/

Definitions of nuthouse word

noun nuthouse a mental hospital; insane asylum. 1
noun nuthouse A home or hospital for people with mental illnesses. 1
noun nuthouse psychiatric hospital 1
noun nuthouse chaotic place 1
noun nuthouse a mental hospital or asylum 0
noun nuthouse an institution for the mentally ill 0

See all 6 definitions of nuthouse

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Origin of nuthouse

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

First recorded in 1900-05

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Parts of speech for Nuthouse

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Nuthouse

nuthouse popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for nuthouse

noun nuthouse

bedlam — Bedlam means a great deal of noise and disorder. People often say 'It was bedlam' to mean 'There was bedlam'.
booby hatch — a hoodlike covering for a hatchway on a ship
bughouse — a mental hospital or asylum
funny farm — a psychiatric hospital.
laughing academy — (Slang) A mental hospital.

All 17 Synonyms of nuthouse