cuckoo's nest

Noun

Meaning

pejorative terms for an insane asylum

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bedlam sanatorium nuthatch madhouse snake pit psychiatric hospital nuthouse funny farm insane asylum nut house booby hatch loony bin crazy house funny house

Hypernyms

institution asylum psychiatric hospital insane asylum mental hospital mental institution

Examples

"Ken Kesey, Author of 'Cuckoo's Nest,' Who Defined the Psychedelic Era, Dies at 66", The New York Times (November 11, 2001). Source: Internet

It Happened One Night was also the last film to win both lead acting Academy Awards until One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975. Source: Internet

Jane Fonda signed part of her speech as she accepted the best actress award for Coming Home in 1979, as did Louise Fletcher who signed to her deaf parents when she won best actress for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest three years earlier. Source: Internet

The inspiration for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest came while working on the night shift with Gordon Lish at the Menlo Park Veterans' Hospital. Source: Internet

"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" was based on Ken Kesey 's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and conveys the thoughts of a patient unjustly caged in a mental institution. Source: Internet

As of 2014, only two more films have achieved this feat: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975 and The Silence of the Lambs in 1991. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cuckoo wasp cuckoo's mate cuckoo's meat cuckoo's nurse cuckoo's servant cuckoo-bumblebee