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Definition of can

can

adjective

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.

    Last edited on Dec 13 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.

  • buttocks.
    Check out the can on her!

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    Last edited on Apr 16 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 22 2013.

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Other terms relating to 'bathroom, restroom':

Definitions include: a low-flush toilet.
Definitions include: similar to asshole.
Definitions include: a restroom.
Definitions include: the shower.
Definitions include: toilet.
Definitions include: a restroom.
Definitions include: women's restroom.
Definitions include: toilet paper.
Definitions include: bathroom.
Definitions include: a room with a toilet; "bathroom".
Definitions include: a toilet.
Definitions include: restroom.
Definitions include: a lavatory.
Definitions include: toilet.
Definitions include: a person who has both street and book knowledge.

Other terms relating to 'breast, breasts':

Definitions include: visible left or right side of a breast ("boob").
Definitions include: breast.
Definitions include: breasts.
Definitions include: breasts.
Definitions include: breasts.
Definitions include: a large breast.
Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
Definitions include: a breast.
Definitions include: tattoo.
Definitions include: breasts
Definitions include: breasts.
Definitions include: breasts.
Definitions include: large breasts.
Definitions include: a breast that is large enough to hang due to gravity.
Definitions include: a breast.

Other terms relating to 'buttocks, butt, ass':

Definitions include: "tits and ass."
Definitions include: worthless, poor quality, undesirable
Definitions include: the seat behind the passenger seat in a vehicle.
Definitions include: large buttocks.
Definitions include: external female genitalia.
Definitions include: sexual contact.
Definitions include: buttocks or the anus.
Definitions include: buttocks.
Definitions include: the buttocks.
Definitions include: the cleft between the cheeks of the buttocks.
Definitions include: extremely ugly.
Definitions include: anything displeasing.
Definitions include: buttocks.
Definitions include: the cleft between the buttocks.
Definitions include: having a nice body.

Other terms relating to 'to fire, dismiss':

Definitions include: to terminate from employment.
Definitions include: to be fired from a job.
Definitions include: testicles.
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.
Definitions include: dismissal from a job; "firing".
Definitions include: to dismiss or generally get rid of someone.
Definitions include: crazy.
Definitions include: to throw away; discard; dispose of.
Definitions include: a despicable person.
Definitions include: to be fired.

Other terms relating to 'to stop talking':

Definitions include: to shut one's hole, i.e. mouth.
Definitions include: to stop talking.
Definitions include: to stop talking.
Definitions include: to stop speaking.
Definitions include: used to express the desire to end a conversation.
Definitions include: to shut one's pie hole, i.e. to shut one's mouth, i.e. to stop talking; "shut up".
Definitions include: to stop talking.
Definitions include: to stop talking.
Definitions include: to stop talking.
Definitions include: to stop talking.
Definitions include: to stop talking; "shut up".

Other terms relating to 'toilets (related to)':

Definitions include: a paper toilet seat cover, as found in many public restrooms.
Definitions include: restroom.
Definitions include: similar to asshole.
Definitions include: a low-flush toilet.
Definitions include: toilet.
Definitions include: toilet.
Definitions include: a toilet.
Definitions include: toilet paper.
Definitions include: restroom.
Definitions include: restroom.

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Other terms relating to 'can':

Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I can see".
Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I can tell".
Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
Definitions include: a despicable person.
Definitions include: great, awesome, cool; another form of beast or boss.
Definitions include: to take on a situation one can't master.
Definitions include: to beat a person; "kick (one's) ass".
Definitions include: acronym for "can anyone else".
Definitions include: to be a talented cook.
Definitions include: a hard worker.
Definitions include: to stop speaking.
Definitions include: a canister of tear gas.
Definitions include: a large quantity of repressed anger or violence.
Definitions include: something that has many difficult issues.
Definitions include: to be able to perform fellatio well.

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