toilet

Definition

  • noun: a large bowl attached to a pipe that is used for getting rid of bodily waste and then flushed with water
  • noun: the act or process of dressing and grooming oneself
  • verb: to dress and groom oneself
  • usually used of a child
  • synonyms: wc, backhouse, basement

Examples

  • ('Brit') The little boy told his mother that he had to 'go to the toilet'. [=use the toilet; ('US') 'go to the bathroom']

  • We're planning to 'toilet train' him next summer.

  • One of the kids needed to use the 'toilet'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) back in Flint last summer. Mia made the same promises, She took the same dramatic vow of sobriety, before chucking her dope down in the toilet. She lasted eight hours and quit. So, we don't like to give her that chance this time. What do you mean? David, when she breaks, (..)
    2013 Evil Dead