potty
/ˈpɑti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A chamber pot.
noun
A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train small children.
Example Sentences
- "If you just let him know you want him to go on the potty, or anything, he's miles away."
- "Mothers very often make the baby and themselves unhappy by setting the child on the potty every hour."
- "If anybody needs to potty, do it now before we go."
- "The noise that the neighbour's kids were making was driving Fred potty."
- "It’s all very well for the Warden to talk about an open mind, but we shall all feel perfectly ghastly wondering what other people are thinking about us, and whether our own conversation doesn’t sound a little potty. It’s the pottiness, you know, that’s so awful."
- "The Eastbourne Green is by no means a " potty " one, and happily belies its appearance."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑti/
- British English: /ˈpɒti/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
big boy potty
big girl potty
big kid potty
birth-to-potty
birth-to-potty diaper
birth-to-potty nappy
go potty
go to the potty
Synonyms
go potty
chamber pot
toilet and Thesaurus:bathroom
tiddly
tipsy
enamored
infatuated
in love
smitten
soft on
taken with