Associations to the word «Bughouse»

BUGHOUSE, noun. (US) (slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.

BUGHOUSE, noun. (US) (slang) A prison.

BUGHOUSE, noun. (US) (slang) A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.

BUGHOUSE, noun. (South Africa) (slang) A cheap and dirty cinema.

BUGHOUSE, adjective. (US) (slang) Crazy, insane.

BUGHOUSE CHESS, noun. A variant of chess played on two chessboards by four players in teams of two. Each player plays the other colour of pieces than his team-mate, to whom he passes the pieces he captures from his opponent. The teammate can then choose to put one of these pieces on his board as an alternative way of making a move.