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Noun: basket case
  1. A person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
    - nutter [Brit], wacko, whacko, nutbar [N. Amer], nutcake [US], nutjob, mentalist [Brit], whackjob [N. Amer]

Derived forms: basket cases

Type of: dag [Austral, NZ], eccentric, eccentric person, flake, geek, oddball

Encyclopedia: Basket case