Animal house
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A rowdy frat house. US, slang
"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."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"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."
Etymology
The term pre-dates the 1978 film Animal House.