closet

Definition

  • noun: a usually small room that is used for storing things (such as clothing, towels, or dishes)
  • noun: an apartment or small room for privacy
  • verb: to put (yourself) in a room in order to be alone
  • verb: to shut up in or as if in a closet
  • usually used in the phrases 'in the closet' or 'out of the closet'
  • synonyms: wc, academic, adytum

Examples

  • He asked if she had any 'skeletons in her closet' that might affect her political campaign.

  • She's a 'closet' racist. [=she does not want people to know that she is a racist]

  • The manager 'was closeted' with one of her employees for several hours.

Movie quotes

  • (..) See, according to leading psychiatrists... ...Stan's a bully for one of three reasons. One: Underneath all of that male bravado... ...there's an insecure little girl banging on the closet door trying to get out. Two: Like a caveman... ...Stan's brain is... ...underdeveloped. (..)
    2009 17 Again