adj
Meaning 1
Insane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- The noise that the neighbour's kids were making was driving Fred potty.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
potty
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈpɒti/
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rhymes with -ɒti
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US: /ˈpɑdi/
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CMU ARPABET: P AA1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Easy to pot the ball on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A chamber pot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train small children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Any other device or place for urination or defecation: a toilet; a lavatory; a latrine; an outhouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, humorous
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
Synonym of go potty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, intransitive
Examples
- If anybody needs to potty, do it now before we go.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: go potty
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
slightly intoxicated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tiddly, tipsy
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
(British informal) trivial
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- potty little details
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- gaga over the rock group's new album
- he was infatuated with her
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: enamored, infatuated, in love, smitten, soft on(p), taken with(p)
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chamberpot, thunder mug
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: receptacle
noun
Meaning 11
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, stool, throne
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plumbing fixture
Narrower terms: flushless toilet, flush toilet, lavatory, potty seat, potty chair
History
Etymology
From pot (“chamberpot”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قَعَادَة طِفْل — children's chamberpot
- Azerbaijani: güvəc — children's chamberpot
- Czech: nočník — children's chamberpot
- Finnish: potta — children's chamberpot
- German: Töpfchen — children's chamberpot
- Greek: γιογιό (giogió) — children's chamberpot
- Hungarian: bili — children's chamberpot
- Italian: vasino — children's chamberpot
- Japanese: おまる (o-maru) — children's chamberpot
- Macedonian: но́кшир (nókšir) — children's chamberpot
- Mongolian: горшок (goršok) — children's chamberpot
- Mongolian: хөтөвч (xötövč) — children's chamberpot
- Norwegian Bokmål: potte — children's chamberpot
- Norwegian Nynorsk: potte — children's chamberpot
- Polish: nocnik — children's chamberpot
- Portuguese: penico — children's chamberpot
- Romanian: oliță — children's chamberpot
- Russian: ночно́й горшо́к (nočnój goršók) — children's chamberpot
- Russian: горшо́к (goršók) — children's chamberpot
- Serbo-Croatian: тута — children's chamberpot
- Serbo-Croatian: ноша — children's chamberpot
- Serbo-Croatian: tuta — children's chamberpot
- Serbo-Croatian: noša — children's chamberpot
- Slovak: nočník — children's chamberpot
- Spanish: bacín — children's chamberpot
- Spanish: bacinica — children's chamberpot
- Swedish: potta — children's chamberpot
- Turkish: lazımlık — children's chamberpot
- Welsh: poti — children's chamberpot