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potty

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /ˈpɑti/ · UK /ˈpɒti/

potty means: A small container that young children use while learning to go to the toilet.

noun

CHILD’S TOILETA2

A small container that young children use while learning to go to the toilet.

  • My daughter uses a potty.
  • We bought two plastic potties for the twins.
  • Has he learned to sit on the potty yet?

Common phrases: use a potty, potty training, on the potty

TOILETB1

A toilet, especially when speaking to children.

  • Do you need to go potty?
  • The potty is down the hall.
  • We stopped for a potty break.

Similar words: toilet

Common phrases: go potty, use the potty, potty break

BEDROOM POTB2

A container kept in a bedroom for going to the toilet, especially at night.

  • There was a potty under the bed.
  • She emptied the potty every morning.
  • The old bedroom still contained a porcelain potty.

Similar words: chamber pot

Common phrases: bedroom potty, empty the potty

adjective

CRAZYB2

Behaving strangely or unable to think calmly, often because something is annoying you.

  • That noise drives me potty.
  • You must be potty to swim in this weather.
  • She went potty when she lost her keys.

Similar words: crazy, mad, nuts

Opposites: sane

Common phrases: go potty, drive someone potty, completely potty

EASY POTTINGC2

Describing a playing surface on which it is easy to hit balls into pockets.

  • This is a potty table.
  • The wide pockets make the table very potty.
  • Players scored freely on the potty practice table.

Common phrases: potty table, very potty

Questions about potty

What does potty mean?

A small container that young children use while learning to go to the toilet.

What is potty in other languages?

Türkçe: lazımlık · Español: orinal · Français: pot · Deutsch: Töpfchen · Italiano: vasino · 日本語: おまる

How do you pronounce potty?

In American English /ˈpɑti/; in British English /ˈpɒti/.

How do you use potty in a sentence?

My daughter uses a potty. We bought two plastic potties for the twins.

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