potty
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpɒti/
potty (plural potties)
- (diminutive) A chamber pot, particularly (children) the pot used when toilet-training children.
- (diminutive) Any other device or place for urination or defecation: a toilet; a lavatory; a latrine; an outhouse.
- (chamber pot) See Thesaurus:chamber pot
- (other places for urination and defecation) See Thesaurus:toilet and Thesaurus:bathroom
potty
- (intransitive, childish) Synonym of go potty#English|go potty
potty (comparative pottier, superlative pottiest)
- (informal) Insane.
- The noise that the neighbour's kids were making was driving Fred potty.
- (golf) Easy to pot the ball on.
- 1890, Golf...: A Weekly Record of "ye Royal and Auncient" Game
- The Eastbourne Green is by no means a " potty " one, and happily belies its appearance.
- "A potty little nine-hole affair at a hydro in the Midlands. My cousins stay there. Always will. Not but what the fourth and the seventh holes take some doing. You could manage it, though," he said encouragingly.
- 1890, Golf...: A Weekly Record of "ye Royal and Auncient" Game
- See also Thesaurus:insane
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