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Noun cuckoo's nest has 1 sense
- Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit - pejorative terms for an insane asylum
--1 is a kind of mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum
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Cuckoo's Nest
Part of Speech: Noun, Phrase
Sense 1: A nest made by a cuckoo bird for laying its eggs, typically in the nest of other bird species.
Example Sentence: The cuckoo laid her eggs in the warbler's nest, tricking the warblers into raising her young.
Sense 2: Figuratively, a place or situation that is chaotic, confusing, or mad.
Example Sentence: The office during the end-of-year audit was a complete cuckoo's nest with papers strewn everywhere.
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