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potting
Variant of pot
noun
- a round vessel of any size, made of metal, earthenware, or glass, used for holding liquids, cooking or preserving food, etc.
- a pot with its contents
- potful
- a pot of liquor; drink; potation
- flowerpot, lobster pot, chimney pot, etc.
- chamber pot
- Slang a toilet: with the
- Informal
- all the money bet at a single time; pool; kitty
- a large amount, as of money
- Informal a potshot
- Slang
transitive verb potted, potting
- to put into a pot
- to preserve in a pot or jar
- to cook in a pot
- to shoot (game) for food instead of for sport
- to hit or secure by or as by a potshot
- Informal to secure, win, or capture; bag
intransitive verb
Informal to take a potshot; shoot
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