potty

potty
Adj. 1. Crazy, mad, eccentric. Informal
2. Madly in love with, or mad about, something or someone. E.g."I was potty about Angelina Jolie for several years."

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  • potty — Ⅰ. potty [1] ► ADJECTIVE (pottier, pottiest) informal, chiefly Brit. 1) foolish; crazy. 2) extremely enthusiastic about someone or something. DERIVATIVES pottiness noun. ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

  • potty — potty1 [pät′ē] n. pl. potties [dim. of POT1] 1. a small chamber pot for a child 2. a child s chair used for toilet training, consisting of an open seat beneath which a pot is attached: in full potty chair 3. a toilet: a child s word potty2 …   English World dictionary

  • potty — pot|ty1 [ˈpɔti US ˈpa:ti] adj BrE informal [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Origin unknown] 1.) crazy or silly ▪ What a potty idea! ▪ You must be potty! 2.) drive sb potty if something or someone is driving you potty, they are annoying you, especially… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • potty — 1 adjective BrE informal 1 crazy or silly: What a potty idea! | drive sb potty (=make someone crazy): Your radio is driving me potty. 2 potty about extremely interested in something, or liking someone very much: Gemma s potty about riding. | He s …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • potty — 1. n. a small toilet. (Usually juvenile.) □ Mommy, I’ve got to go to the potty. □ I need to use the potty. 2. in. to use the toilet. (Always juvenile.) □ I’ve got to potty. □ …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • potty — I UK [ˈpɒtɪ] / US [ˈpɑtɪ] noun [countable] Word forms potty : singular potty plural potties a container used as a toilet by young children II UK [ˈpɒtɪ] / US [ˈpɑtɪ] adjective Word forms potty : adjective potty comparative pottier superlative… …   English dictionary

  • potty — pot|ty1 [ pati ] noun count a container used as a toilet by young children a. go potty SPOKEN an expression meaning to use the toilet. This expression is said mainly by and to young children: Do you have to go potty? Dora asked. potty pot|ty 2 [… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • potty — {{11}}potty (adj.) crazy, silly, 1920, slang, of unknown origin, perhaps connected to potter (v.). Earlier slang senses were easy to manage (1899) and feeble, petty (1860). {{12}}potty (n.) 1942, child s word for chamber pot, from POT (Cf. pot)… …   Etymology dictionary

  • potty — noun VERB + POTTY ▪ use ▪ sit (sb) on POTTY + NOUN ▪ training PREPOSITION ▪ on the potty …   Collocations dictionary

  • potty — adj. (colloq.) (esp. BE) infatuated potty about * * * [ pɒtɪ] (colloq.) (esp. BE) [ infatuated ] potty about …   Combinatory dictionary

  • potty — [[t]pɒ̱ti[/t]] potties 1) N COUNT A potty is a deep bowl which a small child uses instead of a toilet. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ (disapproval) If you say that someone is potty, you think that they are crazy or foolish. [BRIT, INFORMAL] Syn:… …   English dictionary

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