calaboose

cal·a·boose

noun \ˈka-lə-ˌbüs\

Definition of CALABOOSE

: jail; especially : a local jail

Examples of CALABOOSE

1. <fittingly, the calaboose in that one-horse town consisted of a single cell>

Origin of CALABOOSE

Spanish calabozo dungeon

First Known Use: 1792

Related to CALABOOSE

Synonyms

bastille, big house [slang], bridewell, brig, jail, can, clink [slang], cooler, coop, guardroom, hock, hold, hoosegow, jailhouse, joint [slang], jug, lockup, nick [British slang], pen, penitentiary, pokey [slang], prison, quod [British slang], slam, slammer, stir [slang], stockade, tolbooth [Scottish]

Related Words

bull pen, cage, cell, hole, tank; block, ward; glasshouse [British], guardhouse, hulk(s); concentration camp, gulag, labor camp, prison camp, stalag, work camp; dungeon, keep, oubliette; reformatory, reform school, training school

Near Antonyms

outside

Rhymes with CALABOOSE

Belarus, Betelgeuse, charlotte russe, cook one's goose, fast and loose, introduce, mass-produce, Mother Goose, Odysseus, Prometheus, reproduce, self-abuse, Syracuse, Typhoeus, widow's cruse