housebroken
adj/haʊsbɹəʊkən/
Etymology
From house + broken.
- inherited from *brukanaz✻
- inherited from brocen
- inherited from broken
Definitions
trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet,…
trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
- Hey. At least I'm housebroken.
- Week in and week out you come back like a housebroken Pomeranian loyal to the bitter end. Good boy.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for housebroken. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA