housebroken

See also: house-broken

English

Alternative forms

• house-broken

Etymology

From house +‎ broken.

Pronunciation

• enPR: housbrōk'ən, IPA^(key): /haʊsbɹəʊkən/

Adjective

housebroken (not comparable)

1. (of animals) trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.

   Synonym: house-trained

   • 1998, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, The Big Lebowski‎, spoken by The Dude (Jeff Bridges):

     Hey. At least I'm housebroken.

   • 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 July 2016:

     Week in and week out you come back like a housebroken Pomeranian loyal to the bitter end. Good boy.

Derived terms

• unhousebroken

Translations

house-trained — see house-trained