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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
headcase
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ One minute he's an ordinary guy, the next an articled headcase out to kill everyone.
▪ Only a headcase would prefer a ball to her.
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headcase

n. (context informal English) A mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person, especially one who displays aggressive behavior.

Usage examples of "headcase".

Grig sounded worried, and Seeli sighed, mentally giving herself a quick kick for having mentioned the headcase at all.

The man was a headcase of the first order, gun-happy and trigger-happy.

And an apology for acting like such a little headcase that day outside his house.

The skulls and chitin headcases of a menagerie glared dead ferocity from its flanks: toothy and agape, flat, eyeless, horned, lamprey-mouthed with cilia-teeth, bone-ridged, shockingly human, intricate.

Some of the companies who have led the way with these products are Ecolution, Hempstead, Marie Mills, Ohio Hempery, Two Star Dog, Headcase, and in Germany, HanfHaus, et al.

This isn't a hospital, it's a warehouse, but full of headcases rather than packing cases.