Etymology : Middle English, from Old English pott; akin to Middle Low German pot pot
Pronunciation : 'pät
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. container used for cooking; earthenware, ceramic vessel; central pile of money in a poker game; large sum of money (Slang); marijuana, hashish (Slang). place in a pan or other container for cooking; plant plants in a container; shoot at close range. marijuana tobacco, reefer The room smelled of tobacco, like someone had been smoking pot. see:
marijuana. pot\pot\, v. t.
2. to shoot for the pot, i.e., cooking; to secure or hit by a pot shot; to shoot when no special skill is needed. when hunted, it [the jaguar] takes refuge in trees, and this habit is well known to hunters, who pursue it with dogs and pot it when treed. of sport.
3. to secure; gain; win; bag. [colloq.]pot \pot\, v. i. to take a pot shot or shots, as at game or an enemy.pot \pot\, n.
4. the total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing or card playing; the pool; also (racing, eng.) a horse heavily backed; a favorite. [slang].
5. (armor) a plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps in a jocose sense, any helmet; -- called also pot helmet.
6. (card playing) the total of the bets at one time; the pool.pot \pot\, v. i. to tipple; to drink. [obs. or prov. eng.] it is less labor to plow than to pot it.pot \pot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. potted; p. pr. & vb. n. potting.] to place or inclose in pots; as: (a) to preserve seasoned in pots. "potted fowl and fish." (b) to set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs. (c) to drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off. edwards. (d) (billiards) to pocket.pot \pot\ , n. [akin to lg. pott, d. pot, dan. potte, sw. potta, icel. pottr, f. pot; of unknown origin.].
7. a metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.
8. an earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
9. the quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. "give her a pot and a cake.".
10. a metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.
11. a crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
12. a wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.
13. a perforated cask for draining sugar.
14. a size of paper. see:
pott.
15. goof. jackpot.
16. A game, match, etc., open only to losers in early stages of contests.
17. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.
18. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
19. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale.
20. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.
21. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
22. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.
23. A perforated cask for draining sugar.
24. A size of paper.
25. See Pott.
26. To place or inclose in pots To preserve seasoned in pots.
27. To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs.
28. To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off.
29. To pocket.
30. To tipple; to drink.
31. To shoot for the pot, i.e., cooking; to secure or hit by a pot shot; to shoot when no special skill is needed.
32. To secure; gain; win; bag.
33. To take a pot shot or shots, as at game or an enemy.
34. The total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing or card playing; the pool; a horse heavily backed; a favorite.
35. A plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps in a jocose sense, any helmet; called also pot helmet.
36. The total of the bets at one time; the pool. metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid street names for marijuana a container in which plants are cultivated slang terms for a paunch the cumulative amount involved in a game plant in a pot; "He potted the palm".
37. pool, pot, stake, kitty, jackpot, blunder, faux pas, atrocity, bloomer, break, gaff, boner, clanger, contretemps, crease. "crease, pucker, wrinkle; blunder, faux pas, gaffe, goof, clanger" " gaf; jackpot". ,-tu.
38. (in poker and other card games) the pot, the pool.
39. slang poker (the game).
40. slip of the tongue. blooper. fauxpas. gaffe. misstep. unwaranted pucker. wrinkle. blunder. boob. faux pas.
41. 1. A pot is a deep round container used for cooking stews, soups, and other food. metal cooking pots. A pot of stew, soup, or other food is an amount of it contained in a pot. He was stirring a pot of soup.
42. You can use pot to refer to a teapot or coffee pot. There's tea in the pot. A pot of tea or coffee is an amount of it contained in a pot. He spilt a pot of coffee.
43. A pot is a cylindrical container for jam, paint, or some other thick liquid. Hundreds of jam pots lined her scrubbed shelves. A pot of jam, paint, or some other thick liquid is an amount of it contained in a pot. a pot of red paint.
44. A pot is the same as a flowerpot.
45. If you pot a young plant, or part of a plant, you put it into a container filled with soil, so it can grow there. Pot the cuttings individually. potted plants.
46. Pot is sometimes used to refer to the drugs cannabis and marijuana.
47. In the games of snooker and billiards, if you pot a ball, you succeed in hitting it into one of the pockets. He did not pot a ball for the next two frames. = pocket see also:
potted, chamber pot, chimney pot, coffee pot, lobster pot, melting pot, plant pot.
48. If you take pot luck, you decide to do something even though you do not know what you will get as a result. If you haven't made an appointment, take pot luck and knock on the door He scorns the `pot-luck' approach. Marijuana.
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