pot
1
[ pot ]
/ pɒt /
noun
verb (used with object), pot·ted, pot·ting.
verb (used without object), pot·ted, pot·ting.
Informal.
to take a potshot; shoot.
Idioms for pot
go to pot,
to become ruined; deteriorate: With no one to care for it, the lovely old garden went to pot.
sweeten the pot.
sweeten(def 8).
Origin of pot
1
1150–1200; Middle English
pott (see
potter1); cognate with Dutch, Low German
pot (perhaps > French
pot)
OTHER WORDS FROM pot
pot·like, adjectiveWords nearby pot
Definition for pot (2 of 4)
Origin of pot
2
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)
Definition for pot (3 of 4)
pot
3
[ pot ]
/ pɒt /
noun Scot. and North England.
a deep hole; pit.
Origin of pot
3
1325–75; Middle English; perhaps identical with
pot1
Definition for pot (4 of 4)
Example sentences from the Web for pot
British Dictionary definitions for pot (1 of 4)
pot
1
/ (pɒt) /
noun
verb pots, potting or potted (mainly tr)
See also
pot on
Word Origin for pot
Late Old English
pott, from Medieval Latin
pottus (unattested), perhaps from Latin
pōtus a drink; compare Middle Low German
pot, Old Norse
pottr
British Dictionary definitions for pot (2 of 4)
pot
2
/ (pɒt) /
noun
- Scot and Northern English dialect a deep hole or pothole
- (capital when part of a name)Pen-y-Ghent Pot
Word Origin for pot
C14: perhaps identical with
pot
1 but possibly of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish dialect
putt water hole, pit
British Dictionary definitions for pot (3 of 4)
pot
3
/ (pɒt) /
noun
slang
cannabis used as a drug in any form, such as leaves (marijuana or hemp) or resin (hashish)
Word Origin for pot
C20: perhaps shortened from Mexican Indian
potiguaya
British Dictionary definitions for pot (4 of 4)
Idioms and Phrases with pot
pot