toilet
//ˈtɔɪ.lət//
Forms
- Plural
- toilets
- present (v1)
- toilet
- past (v2)
- toileted
- past participle (v3)
- toileted
- present participle
- toileting
- 3rd person singular
- toilets
Definitions
1.A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
- He would hit her when she cried and, if this did not work, would lock her in the toilet for hours on end.
- Sorry, I was in the toilet.
- He wet his thumb with saliva pressing on the tongue, ran it up and down faster over the letter 'I' of 'TOILET', the 'LADIES TOILET' was transformed into 'LADIES TO LET' in no time.
2.A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly one with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which uses water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system.
- My toilet got clogged. Now the bathroom's flooded.
3.A very shabby or dirty place.
- Look around you. It's a toilet.
- Mr. Gaunt was urbane and smiling again, not a hair out of place. "Do you like this little town? Do you love it? […]" / […] "I hate this fucking toilet," he said to Leland Gaunt.
4.A woman.
- I’m not interested in toilets and I don’t think a gf [Girlfriend] is needed to live a fulfilling life.
- A user, @blacklister, concludes that “toilets are as vacuous as their value besides pleasing men”, with a remark on how women should be handed out by the state to every man to minimise inceldom.
1.To use (urinate or defecate in) a toilet.
2.To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3730
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle French toilette, diminutive of toile (“cloth”), from their use to protect clothing while shaving or arranging hair.