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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

  • (..) Just have the nurses do the stuff you're too chicken to do, which is everything, and if you have a really rough admission... Call you? No! Hide in the closet again. This is fun. - Nurse? - I'm a doctor. The stethoscope, the beeper, a doctor, got it? (..)
    2001 TvShow: Scrubs Title: My First Day Season: 1 Episode 1
  • (..) Thanks. Our date is totally cancelled. I was sitting on the floor for two reasons. One, I tried to lock Elliot in that supply closet and she kicked me. Hard. And two, the on-call room was locked. Come on, I got ten minutes to sleep. Wait. Tell me if I'm going too fast, OK? (..)
    2001 TvShow: Scrubs Title: My First Day Season: 1 Episode 1