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pot

1   [pot] noun, verb, pot·ted, pot·ting.
noun
1.
a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
2.
such a container with its contents: a pot of stew.
3.
the amount contained in or held by a pot; potful.
4.
a flowerpot.
5.
a container of liquor or other drink: a pot of ale.
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6.
liquor or other drink.
7.
a cagelike vessel for trapping fish, lobsters, eels, etc., typically made of wood, wicker, or wire. Compare lobster pot.
8.
a chamber pot.
9.
Metallurgy.
a.
a vessel for melting metal; melting pot.
b.
an electrolytic cell for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
10.
British.
a.
chimney pot.
b.
Dialect. a basket or box used for carrying provisions or the like; a pannier.
11.
Slang. a large sum of money.
12.
all the money bet at a single time; pool.
13.
British Slang. (in horse racing) the favorite.
14.
potshot.
15.
a liquid measure, usually equal to a pint or quart.
16.
Armor.
a.
an open, broad-brimmed helmet of the 17th century.
b.
any open helmet.
17.
Slang. a potbelly.
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verb (used with object)
18.
to put into a pot.
19.
to preserve (food) in a pot.
20.
to cook in a pot.
21.
to transplant into a pot: We must pot the petunias.
22.
Hunting.
a.
to shoot (game birds) on the ground or water, or (game animals) at rest, instead of in flight or running: He can't even pot a sitting duck.
b.
to shoot for food, not for sport.
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23.
Informal. to capture, secure, or win.
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verb (used without object)
24.
Informal. to take a potshot; shoot.
Idioms
25.
go to pot, to become ruined; deteriorate: With no one to care for it, the lovely old garden went to pot.
26.
sweeten the pot. sweeten (def. 8).
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English pott (see potter1); cognate with Dutch, Low German pot (perhaps > French pot)

Related forms
pot·like, adjective
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pot

2   [pot]
noun Slang.
marijuana.
Origin:
1935–40, Americanism; said to be a shortening of Mexican Spanish potiguaya or potaguaya, apparently contraction of potación de guaya wine or brandy in which marijuana buds have been steeped (literally, drink of grief)

pot

3   [pot]
noun Scot. and North England.
a deep hole; pit.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; perhaps identical with pot1
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Word Origin & History

pot
"marijuana," 1938, probably a shortened form of Mexican Sp. potiguaya "marijuana leaves."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary

pot definition


  1. 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.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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POTS definition


  1. n.
    plain old telephone service [for a computer connection to the Internet]. (As opposed to connection through a TV cable or high-speed telephone line.) : Even in five years, most people will still rely on POTS to get connected to the Internet.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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POTS definition


Plain Old Telephone Service

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
POTS

  1. plain old telephone service

  2. plain old telephone system

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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