Definition of a basket case

basket case

noun

• an inconsolable person.

  She was a basket case after the car wreck.

  Last edited on Aug 19 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

• a crazy person.

                                                                                                            
  
                                                                                        
  
  Citation from "React to Contact", Lie To Me (TV, 2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: crazy, insane, weird, strange person.

  Last edited on Aug 19 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 03 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'crazy, insane, weird, strange person':
loon	Definitions include: a crazy person.
freak	Definitions include: a person who is strange or different.
goober	Definitions include: a goofy, silly, or slightly strange person.
loony	Definitions include: a Canadian one dollar coin.
wackadoodle	Definitions include: a crazy person.
nugget	Definitions include: a strange or silly person, or one who has done just done something silly.
nut job	Definitions include: a crazy person.
quack	Definitions include: to brag about one's self.
j-cat	Definitions include: loser, unsuccessful person.
nut	Definitions include: to ejaculate.
psycho	Definitions include: a crazy person; "a psychotic".
crack head	Definitions include: a person who acts like they are addicted to crack cocaine.
cuckoo	Definitions include: crazy.
crazy-pants	Definitions include: crazy.
looper	Definitions include: a dangerous crazy person.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'basket':
basket	Definitions include: male genitalia.
fruit basket	Definitions include: Dangling testicles
put all of (one's) eggs in one basket	Definitions include: to risk everything on a single unlikely event.
underwater basket weaving	Definitions include: any easy or useless college course or field of study.
Other terms relating to 'case':
camel case	Definitions include: to begin a word with a capital letter and have one or more capital letters within the word, e.g. MicroSoft.
case	Definitions include: one's business.
case of the butt trumpets	Definitions include: farting loudly.
case of the Mondays	Definitions include: general malaise felt on the first day back to work after the weekend.
case of the red *ss	Definitions include: angry, pissed off
case of the stupids	Definitions include: stupidity.
case quarter	Definitions include: a twenty-five cent coin.
charity case	Definitions include: a person for whom one performs an action purely to be a nice person.
crack the case	Definitions include: to solve a problem.
have a case of mud butt	Definitions include: to have an uncontrollable and messy case of diarrhea.
have a case of the *ss	Definitions include: angry or upset
headcase	Definitions include: a crazy person.
head case	Definitions include: a crazy person.
on (one's) case	Definitions include: to criticize or pester.
pillow case	Definitions include: used to describe someone who's being undesirable in some way, be it sketchy (see definition) or just plain dumb.
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