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Noun
S:
(n)
can
,
tin
,
tin can
(airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.)
S:
(n)
can
,
canful
(the quantity contained in a can)
S:
(n)
can
,
can buoy
(a buoy with a round bottom and conical top)
S:
(n)
buttocks
,
nates
,
arse
,
butt
,
backside
,
bum
,
buns
,
can
,
fundament
,
hindquarters
,
hind end
,
keister
,
posterior
,
prat
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rump
,
stern
,
seat
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tooshie
,
tush
,
bottom
,
behind
,
derriere
,
fanny
,
ass
(the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on)
"he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
S:
(n)
toilet
,
can
,
commode
,
crapper
,
pot
,
potty
,
stool
,
throne
(a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination)
S:
(n)
toilet
,
lavatory
,
lav
,
can
,
john
,
privy
,
bathroom
(a room or building equipped with one or more toilets)
Verb
S:
(v)
can
,
tin
,
put up
(preserve in a can or tin)
"tinned foods are not very tasty"
S:
(v)
displace
,
fire
,
give notice
,
can
,
dismiss
,
give the axe
,
send away
,
sack
,
force out
,
give the sack
,
terminate
(terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position)
"The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"