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pot Theme: ALCOHOL in. to drink heavily.He's been potting since dusk.Let's sit here and pot for a while. Theme: CHARITY n. a vessel, hat, basket, etc., used to collect or receive contributions.Please pass the pot.How much is left in the pot? Theme: DRINKING n. a drinking vessel. (Old but still heard.)How about a pot of beer?Care for another pot? Theme: DRUGS - MARIJUANA n. cannabis; marijuana. (Originally drugs, now widely known.)She had pot on her when she was arrested.The cops found pot growing next to city hall. Theme: MONEY n. a sum of money collected; a pool of money.Clare won the whole pot.How large is the pot this month? Theme: TOILET n. a toilet. (Usually with the.)Jimmy's on the pot, Mommy.Where's the pot around here?
pot 1. noun 1 marijuana. The most popular slang term for marijuana in the 1950s. No agreement on the etymology, with competing conjectures and little supporting evidence US, 1938. 2 heroin US, 1999. 3 in Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania, a 10 fluid ounce glass of beer AUSTRALIA, 1915. 4 a tooth. Polari; usually in the plural UK, 1992. 5 in poker, all of the chips or money bet on a single hand US, 1947. 6 the jack in a game of bowls. In Midlands' use. The southern equivalent is 'kitty' UK, 1979. 7 in electric line work, a transformer. An abbreviation of 'potential transformer' US, 1980. 8 a carburettor US, 1941. 9 a hospital patient with many trivial complaints US, 1980.► not have a pot to piss in; not have a pot to pee into be extremely poor CANADA, 1961 2. verb 1 to shoot or kill someone US, 1860. 2 to put a baby on a potty (a chamber pot) UK, 1961.► pot the whiteto have sex. An allusion to billiards UK, 1955
idiompot► (the pot of gold at) the end of the rainbowgo to potFail to become worse or fail:A lot of people think the legal system in this country has gone to pot.There's no excuse for letting your appearance go to pot, even if you are at home all day.not have a pot to piss in AmEAmEan impolite expression meaning to be very poor:If Ken doesn't get a job soon, he's not going to have a pot to piss in.Luckily I was able to get financial aid from the university, or I wouldn't have had a pot to piss in.Notenot have two cents to rub together is a more polite way of saying this in American English. the/a melting pot1 used about a place where people from many different countries come to live together and form one society, or about an activity that is influenced by many different styles or ideas:We lived in Manhattan when it was a melting pot for immigrants from all over Europe.The music scene is a melting pot of cultures and ideas, instruments and influences.This is hardly the first time that the American melting pot has been tested by large numbers of newcomers.2 BrE if a decision or the final result of something is in the melting pot, no one knows yet what it will be:The future of the West Highland Railway in North Wales is still in the melting pot.We could still win the trophy - we only have to win four or five games and everything will be back in the melting pot.the pot calling the kettle blackused in order to say that you should not criticize someone for something, because you have done the same thing or have the same fault:In a case of the pot calling the kettle black, the Prime Minister blamed the stock markets for the financial crisis.You think I don't take criticism? That's the pot calling the kettle black!shit or get off the pot AmEAmEa rude expression used in order to tell someone to do what they say they will, when they have been talking about doing it for too long:You've talked about this for months now. Don't you think it's time to shit or get off the pot?Ron's pretty bad at making decisions, so sometimes you just have to tell him to shit or get off the pot.Note fish or cut bait is a more polite way of saying this. take pot luckto take whatever is available, without being able to make a choice or choose something when you do not know which of the available things is the best:If you want to go to a movie, we could take pot luck and hope there's something good on in town.Car owners shouldn't have to take pot luck when they fill up their tank - they should be told the quality of the fuel they're getting.NoteThis idiom comes from the time when an unexpected guest would share whatever food a family had cooking in the pot. In North America, a pot luck supper or dinner is an occasion to which each person brings one type of food and everyone shares. You do not know exactly what you might eat until you arrive. a watched pot (never boils)old-fashioned used in order to say that if you are not patient and want something to happen too much it seems to take a long time or does not happen at all:There's no point in checking the post so often - a watched pot, and all that ...Instead of waiting for Pete to call, why don't you call him or write a letter? You know what they say about watched pots never boiling. phrasepot[potted, potted, potting] pot on pot on sth • pot sth on BrE to move a young plant to a larger pot: The cuttings should be potted on once the new growth has started to emerge. pot up pot up sth • pot sth up BrE to put a plant in a pot: Pot up the seedlings after 2-3 weeks.
pot1. n. a toilet. (Usually with the.) Jimmy’s on the pot, Mommy. 2. n. a drinking vessel. (Old but still heard.) How about a pot of beer? 3. in. to drink heavily; to use a pot (sense 2) to excess. Let’s sit here and pot for a while. 4. n. a vessel, hat, basket, etc., used to collect or receive contributions. Please pass the pot. 5. n. a sum of money collected; a pool of money. How large is the pot this month? 6. n. cannabis; marijuana. (Originally drugs, now widely known.) The cops found pot growing next to city hall. See:- (do something) or get off the pot
- a chicken in every pot
- a little pot is soon hot
- a melting pot
- a pot of gold
- a storm in a teapot
- a tempest in a teapot
- a watched pot never boils
- be pot luck
- boil the pot
- can talk the legs off an iron pot
- crackpot
- don't have a pot to piss in
- don't have a pot to piss in (or a window to throw it out of)
- fish or cut bait
- fit a quart into a pint pot
- for the pot
- get a quart into a pint pot
- get/pour/put a quart into a pint pot
- go to pot
- gone to pot
- if ifs and ands were pots and pans
- in the melting pot
- into the pot
- keep the pot boiling
- melting pot
- not have a pot to piss in
- piss or get off the pot
- pot
- pot boiler
- pot calling the kettle black, the
- pot hound
- pot is calling the kettle black
- pot luck
- pot of gold
- pot party
- pot shot
- pot sniffer
- pot to pee/piss in, not have a
- pot up
- potbelly
- potboiler
- POTS
- pots of money
- put (one's) pot on
- put someone's pot on
- sex pot
- sexpot
- sweeten (up) the pot
- sweeten the kitty
- sweeten the pot
- take a pot shot
- take pot luck
- the pot calling the kettle black
- the pot is calling the kettle black
- throw (something) in(to) the pot
- up pot
- watched pot never boils
- watched pot never boils, a
- You cannot get a quart into a pint pot
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