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View synonyms for housebreak

housebreak

[ hous-breyk ]

verb (used with object)

, house·broke, house·bro·ken, house·break·ing.
  1. to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of housebreak1

First recorded in 1895–1900; house + break

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Example Sentences

I would steal—burgle—housebreak—cut the sweetest lady's throat in Christendom—for a fire!

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