use the toilet

verb

To urinate, defecate, or both in a toilet.

“She'll be right back. She had to use the toilet.”

Similar
excretedo one's dutygo pottygo to the bathroomgo to the toiletgo to the restroomgo to the washroominspect the plumbing
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Meanings

verbuse the toilet (third-person singular simple present uses the toilet, present participle using the toilet, simple past and past participle used the toilet)

present singular third person uses the toilet · participle present using the toilet · participle past used the toilet · past used the toilet

  1. euphemisticTo urinate, defecate, or both in a toilet.

    She'll be right back. She had to use the toilet.

    Synonyms: excrete, do one's duty, go potty, go to the bathroom, go to the toilet, go to the restroom, go to the washroom, inspect the plumbing

  2. euphemisticuncommonTo urinate, defecate, or both in other places.

    We had to use the toilet in the woods when we went camping, so we carried bog rolls and small shovels everywhere we went.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo urinate, defecate, or both in a toilet.

Similar
excretedo one's dutygo pottygo to the bathroomgo to the toiletgo to the restroomgo to the washroominspect the plumbinga mana man about a doga man about a horseuse the bathroomuse the facilitiesuse the restroomuse the washroom
Also see
do one's dutygo pottygo to the bathroomgo to the restroomgo to the toiletgo to the washroominspect the plumbingsee a mansee a man about a dogsee a man about a horseuse the bathroomuse the pottyuse the restroomuse the washroom

Translations

Ancient Greek ἀποπατέω
  • ἀποπατέω (apopatéō)to use facilities to urinate or defecate
Chinese Cantonese 去廁所 /去厕所, 去洗手間 /去洗手间
  • 去廁所 /去厕所 (heoi³ ci³ so²)to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • 去洗手間 /去洗手间 (heoi³ sai² sau² gaan¹)to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • 如廁 /如厕 (jyu⁴ ci³)to use facilities to urinate or defecate
Chinese Mandarin 上廁所 /上厕所, 去洗手間 /去洗手间
  • 上廁所 /上厕所 (shàng cèsuǒ)to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • 去洗手間 /去洗手间 (qù xǐshǒujiān)to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • 如廁 /如厕 (rúcè)to use facilities to urinate or defecate
Esperanto necesejumi
  • necesejumito use facilities to urinate or defecate
Finnish mennä vessaan
  • mennä vessaanto use facilities to urinate or defecate
French aller aux toilettes
  • aller aux toilettesto use facilities to urinate or defecate
German die Toilette benutzen, auf die Toilette gehen
  • die Toilette benutzento use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • auf die Toilette gehento use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • austretento use facilities to urinate or defecate
Hungarian vécére/mosdóba megy, kimegy a vécére/mosdóba
  • vécére/mosdóba megyto use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • kimegy a vécére/mosdóbato use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • vécézikto use facilities to urinate or defecate
Polish korzystać z toalety, skorzystać z toalety
  • korzystać z toaletyto use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • skorzystać z toaletyto use facilities to urinate or defecate
Russian ходить в туалет, сходить в туалет
  • ходить в туалет (xoditʹ v tualet)to use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • сходить в туалет (sxoditʹ v tualet)to use facilities to urinate or defecate
Spanish ir al baño
  • ir al bañoto use facilities to urinate or defecate
Swahili -jisaidia, enda haja
  • -jisaidiato use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • enda hajato use facilities to urinate or defecate
Swedish gå på toaletten, gå på toa
  • gå på toalettento use facilities to urinate or defecate
  • gå på toato use facilities to urinate or defecate
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