potty

«potty» in Mova's school dictionary: A small plastic seat-bowl that a toddler uses as a toilet… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a potty, potties); adjective (potty, pottier, pottiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) A small plastic seat-bowl that a toddler uses as a toilet while learning. tree →

2) (informal) «Go potty» means go to the toilet (said to little children). tree →

3) (UK informal) Slightly crazy or silly: My grandma's gone potty. tree →

4) (UK informal) «Potty about» means very keen on: She's potty about horses. tree →

5) A «potty mouth» (US slang) is someone who swears a lot. tree →

sense in the lessons

In family life toddlers do «potty training». In UK speech «potty» also means daft or mad in a gentle, joking way, or crazy about something. In stories a potty professor invents odd machines. Phrases: «potty training», «go potty», «drive someone potty», «potty about», «potty mouth».

examples

• My baby brother is learning to use the potty. tree →
• Do you need to go potty before we leave? tree →
• All this noise is driving me potty! tree →
• She's potty about ponies. tree →
• The potty inventor made a flying teapot. tree →
• Mum says I have a potty mouth when I say bad words. tree →
• Potty training took a few weeks. tree →

note

Plural: potties. «Potty» meaning crazy is UK/Ireland/Australia informal and mild; do not use it to talk about real mental illness. Similar informal words: dotty, nutty, bonkers.

In the corpora

• "Go potty" means use the toilet, said to young children, mostly in the US.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «potty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.