cuckoo's nest

noun

A lunatic asylum.

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Meanings

nouncuckoo's nest (plural cuckoo's nests)

plural cuckoo's nests

  1. slangA lunatic asylum.

    “Those offices have not been entered since Lyman Soap closed down, right after old Afton was hauled off to the cuckoo's nest in 1907,” said van Graven.

    2004, August Schwerdfeger, From Bricks to Dust, page 35

Synonyms & antonyms

nounpejorative terms for an insane asylum

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mental hospitalpsychiatric hospitalmental institution
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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MLA

“cuckoo's nest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuckoo's%20nest. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cuckoo's nest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuckoo's%20nest.

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