Definition of a can

can

adjective

garbage (shortened of garbage can).
Last edited on Jan 30 2016. Submitted by Chuck S. on Jan 30 2016.

noun

bathroom.

Citation from "H.O.U.S.E. Rules", Eureka (TV), Season 1 Episode 11 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: bathroom, restroom.
Last edited on Dec 13 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.
buttocks.
Check out the can on her!
- See more words with the same meaning: buttocks, butt, ass.
Last edited on Jul 22 2002. Submitted by T. S. from St Louis, MO, USA on Jul 22 2002.
a breast. Usually used in the plural.
Nice cans, hon.
Did you see the size of the cans on that waitress?!
Check out those cans!
His sister has nice cans.
- See more words with the same meaning: breast, breasts.
Last edited on Feb 15 2019. Submitted by John O. from Algonquin, IL, USA on Oct 07 2004.
a headphone. Used in the plural, to refer to headphones.

Hypothesis for etymology: From "Desperates", Cockney rhyming slang from the cartoon character Desperate Dan. He was a huge, amiable but very stupid man with a large chin whose favorite food was cow pie, complete with horns and tail poking out of the piecrust.
Last edited on Feb 15 2019. Submitted by Jill G. from Westminster, London, UK on Apr 09 2005.
toilet.
He's on the can.
- See more words with the same meaning: toilets (related to).
Last edited on Aug 26 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
a jail; prison; confined room; jail cell.
Last edited on Jan 30 2016. Submitted by Chuck S. on Jan 30 2016.
a spray paint.
Last edited on Jan 30 2016. Submitted by Chuck S. on Jan 30 2016.
a silencer.
Last edited on Jan 30 2016. Submitted by Chuck S. on Jan 30 2016.

verb - transitive

to dismiss ("fire") from a job.
Your boss is gonna can you if you don't show up tomorrow.

Citation from "Death Has a Shadow", Family Guy (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (1999) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: to fire, dismiss.
Last edited on Oct 28 2011. Submitted by Nina R. from Shorewood, WI, USA on May 15 2004.
to stop speech, visible emotion, etc.




Citation from "The Unusual Suspects", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 10 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.




Citation from "Iced, Iced Babies", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 6 (2006) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: to stop talking.
Last edited on Apr 16 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 22 2013.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'bathroom, restroom':
Al Gore toilet	Definitions include: a low-flush toilet.
*ss-wipe	Definitions include: similar to asshole.
bog	Definitions include: a restroom.
rain closet	Definitions include: the shower.
throne	Definitions include: toilet.
potty	Definitions include: a restroom.
little girl's room	Definitions include: women's restroom.
bog roll	Definitions include: toilet paper.
*sht room**	Definitions include: bathroom.
throne room	Definitions include: a room with a toilet; "bathroom".
big white telephone	Definitions include: a toilet.
John	Definitions include: restroom.
dunny	Definitions include: a lavatory.
pissa	Definitions include: toilet.
head	Definitions include: a person who has both street and book knowledge.
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Other terms relating to 'breast, breasts':
sideboob	Definitions include: visible left or right side of a breast ("boob").
titty	Definitions include: breast.
charleys	Definitions include: breasts.
tracts of land	Definitions include: breasts.
lungs	Definitions include: breasts.
tig ol' bitty	Definitions include: a large breast.
tits	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
yabo	Definitions include: a breast.
tat	Definitions include: tattoo.
chesticles	Definitions include: breasts
charlies	Definitions include: breasts.
puppies	Definitions include: breasts.
juggy tits	Definitions include: large breasts.
hanger	Definitions include: a breast that is large enough to hang due to gravity.
bap	Definitions include: a breast.
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Other terms relating to 'buttocks, butt, ass':
T and A	Definitions include: "tits and ass."
duff	Definitions include: worthless, poor quality, undesirable
behind	Definitions include: the seat behind the passenger seat in a vehicle.
junk in the trunk	Definitions include: large buttocks.
fanny	Definitions include: external female genitalia.
booty	Definitions include: sexual contact.
matako	Definitions include: buttocks or the anus.
donk	Definitions include: buttocks.
pooter	Definitions include: the buttocks.
butt crack	Definitions include: the cleft between the cheeks of the buttocks.
butt	Definitions include: extremely ugly.
*ss	Definitions include: anything displeasing.
whoopie cakes	Definitions include: buttocks.
*ss crack	Definitions include: the cleft between the buttocks.
thick	Definitions include: having a nice body.
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Other terms relating to 'to fire, dismiss':
give the axe	Definitions include: to terminate from employment.
get the pink slip	Definitions include: to be fired from a job.
sack	Definitions include: testicles.
dumbsize	Definitions include: to reduce the number of people employed in an organization or company to the point that there are no longer enough to carry out the work effectively.
firement	Definitions include: dismissal from a job; "firing".
give the boot	Definitions include: to dismiss or generally get rid of someone.
whack	Definitions include: crazy.
*shtcan**	Definitions include: to throw away; discard; dispose of.
*sscan	Definitions include: a despicable person.
get the ax	Definitions include: to be fired.
Other terms relating to 'to stop talking':
shut (one's) hole	Definitions include: to shut one's hole, i.e. mouth.
shut it	Definitions include: to stop talking.
zip it	Definitions include: to stop talking.
can it	Definitions include: to stop speaking.
end of	Definitions include: used to express the desire to end a conversation.
shut (one's) pie-hole	Definitions include: to shut one's pie hole, i.e. to shut one's mouth, i.e. to stop talking; "shut up".
shut (one's) face	Definitions include: to stop talking.
shut up	Definitions include: to stop talking.
shut (one's) mouth wide open	Definitions include: to stop talking.
cork it	Definitions include: to stop talking.
shut (one's) flytrap	Definitions include: to stop talking; "shut up".
Other terms relating to 'toilets (related to)':
*ss gasket	Definitions include: a paper toilet seat cover, as found in many public restrooms.
loo	Definitions include: restroom.
*ss-wipe	Definitions include: similar to asshole.
Al Gore toilet	Definitions include: a low-flush toilet.
throne	Definitions include: toilet.
pissa	Definitions include: toilet.
big white telephone	Definitions include: a toilet.
bog roll	Definitions include: toilet paper.
John	Definitions include: restroom.
crapper	Definitions include: restroom.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'can':
AFAICS	Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I can see".
AFAICT	Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I can tell".
a few cans short of a six pack	Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
*ss-can	Definitions include: a despicable person.
beast in a can	Definitions include: great, awesome, cool; another form of beast or boss.
bite off more than (one) can chew	Definitions include: to take on a situation one can't master.
*break out a can of woop ss**	Definitions include: to beat a person; "kick (one's) ass".
CAE	Definitions include: acronym for "can anyone else".
can burn	Definitions include: to be a talented cook.
can do	Definitions include: a hard worker.
can it	Definitions include: to stop speaking.
can of sorrow	Definitions include: a canister of tear gas.
*can of whup-ss**	Definitions include: a large quantity of repressed anger or violence.
can of worms	Definitions include: something that has many difficult issues.
can suck chrome off a tail pipe	Definitions include: to be able to perform fellatio well.
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