housebroken
/haʊsbɹəʊkən/
housebroken adjective: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
Adjective
housebroken (not comparable)
- trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
- Hey. At least I'm housebroken.1998, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, The Big Lebowski, spoken by The Dude (Jeff Bridges)
- Week in and week out you come back like a housebroken Pomeranian loyal to the bitter end. Good boy.2012 September 1, 0:14 from the start, in Putin Learns Putin Behind Plot To Assassinate Putin, The Onion, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2016
- Synonyms:
- house-trained
Synonyms of housebroken
Forms of housebroken
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Origin of housebroken
From house + broken.
Words formed from housebroken
Questions about housebroken
- What does housebroken mean?
- Housebroken means trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
- What part of speech is housebroken?
- Housebroken is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce housebroken?
- Housebroken is pronounced /haʊsbɹəʊkən/.
Words near housebroken in the dictionary
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