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can

2  [kan] noun, verb, canned, can⋅ning.
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–noun
1. a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal: a can of soup.
2. a receptacle for garbage, ashes, etc.: a trash can.
3. a bucket, pail, or other container for holding or carrying liquids: water can.
4. a drinking cup; tankard.
5. a metal or plastic container for holding film on cores or reels.
6. Slang: Usually Vulgar. toilet; bathroom.
7. Slang. jail: He's been in the can for a week.
8. Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. buttocks.
9. Military Slang.
a. a depth charge.
b. a destroyer.
–verb (used with object)
10. to preserve by sealing in a can, jar, etc.
11. Slang. to dismiss; fire.
12. Slang. to throw (something) away.
13. Slang. to put a stop to: Can that noise!
14. to record, as on film or tape.
—Idioms
15. carry the can, British and Canadian Slang. to take the responsibility.
16. in the can, recorded on film; completed: The movie is in the can and ready for release.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE canne, c. G Kanne, ON kanna, all perh. < WGmc; cf. LL canna small vessel
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can 2   (kān)   
n.  

  1. A usually cylindrical metal container.

    1. An airtight container, usually made of tin-coated iron, in which foods or beverages are preserved.

    2. The contents of such a container.

  3. Slang A jail or prison.

  4. Slang A toilet or restroom.

  5. Slang The buttocks.

  6. Slang A naval destroyer.

tr.v.   canned, can·ning, cans

  1. To seal in an airtight container for future use; preserve: canning peaches.

  2. Slang To make a recording of: can the audience's applause for a TV comedy show.

  3. Slang To dismiss from employment or school. See Synonyms at dismiss.

  4. Slang To put a stop to; quit: Let's can the chatter.


[Middle English canne, a water container, from Old English.]
can'ner n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
can

  1. n.
    the head. : Jerry landed one on Frank's can. Frank crumpled.
  2. n.
    toilet. : Restroom? Hell, I ain't tired! Where's the can?
  3. n.
    the buttocks. (Usually objectionable. See also bucket.) : The guy slipped on the ice and fell on his can.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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cans

  1. n.
    earphones. : The guy with the cans on his head is the radio operator.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

can  (v.)
O.E. 1st & 3rd pers. sing. pres. indic. of cunnan "know, have power to, be able," (also "to have carnal knowledge"), from P.Gmc. *kunnan "to be mentally able, to have learned" (cf. O.N. kenna "to know, make known," O.Fris. kanna "to recognize, admit," Ger. kennen "to know," Goth. kannjan "to make known"), from PIE base *gno- (see know). Absorbing the third sense of "to know," that of "to know how to do something" (in addition to "to know as a fact" and "to be acquainted with" something or someone"). An O.E. preterite-present verb, its original p.p., couth, survives only in its negation (see uncouth), but cf. could. Cannot is attested from c.1400; can't first recorded 1706 (O.E. expressed the notion by ne cunnan).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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