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1. A (usually plastic) bowl used by young children as a toilet
    
2. [informal] A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
   - toilet, can [N. Amer, informal], commode [N. Amer], pot [informal], stool [archaic], throne [informal], loo [Brit, informal]
    
3. A receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
   - chamberpot, thunder mug

1. [Brit, slang] Informal or slang term meaning insane, strange, eccentric or stupid
   "it used to drive my husband potty";
   - balmy [archaic, slang], barmy [slang], bats [slang], batty [slang], bonkers [slang], buggy [N. Amer, slang], cracked [slang], crackers [slang], daft [Brit, slang], dotty [slang], fruity [slang], haywire [slang], kooky [slang], kookie [slang], loco [slang], loony [slang], loopy [slang], nuts [slang], nutty [slang], round the bend [slang], around the bend [slang], wacky [slang], whacky [slang], doolally [Brit, slang], dippy [slang], daffy [slang], nutsy [N. Amer, slang], daft as a brush [Brit, slang], round the twist [Brit, slang], wacko [slang], dumbass [N. Amer, slang], bughouse [N. Amer, slang], cuckoo [slang], mental [slang], barking mad [Brit, slang], barking [Brit, slang]
    
2. Feeling strong, obsessive or foolish love
   - enamored [US], infatuated, in love, smitten, soft on, taken with, enamoured [Brit, Cdn], besotted, lovestruck [informal]
    
3. Trivial
   "potty little details"

Derived forms: pottiest, pottier, potties

See also: insane, loving, unimportant

Type of: plumbing fixture, receptacle

Part of: bathroom, bog [Brit, informal], can [N. Amer, informal], closet [archaic], jacks [Ireland, informal], john [informal], lav [informal], lavatory, loo [Brit, informal], toilet, W.C. [Brit], water closet [Brit, archaic]

Encyclopedia: Potty