1. Pejorative term for an insane asylum
   "The old hospital was nicknamed the booby hatch by locals";
   - Bedlam [archaic], crazy house [informal], cuckoo's nest [informal], funny farm [informal], funny house [informal], loony bin [informal], madhouse [informal], nut house [informal], nuthouse [informal], bughouse [N. Amer, informal], lunatic asylum

Derived forms: booby hatches

Type of: asylum, insane asylum [archaic], institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital

Encyclopedia: Booby hatch