Meanings
nounanimal house (plural animal houses)
plural animal houses
- USslangA rowdy frat house.
The fraternity was expelled from campus three years ago because a road trip, one of the time-honored pranks of an animal house, went terribly wrong.
2003, Atlanta (volume 43, number 8, page 349)
Origin
The term pre-dates the 1978 film Animal House.
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animal house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animal%20house
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“animal house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animal%20house. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “animal house,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animal%20house.
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