housebroken
/ˈhaʊsbroʊkən/
adjective
- Trained to urinate and defecate outdoors or in a designated indoor area (used for pets).
- Our dog was housebroken within a month of bringing him home.
- Make sure the puppy is housebroken before letting it roam the house freely.
- The shelter only adopts out cats that are fully housebroken.
- Behaving politely and appropriately in social or domestic settings (often used humorously or figuratively).
- The new intern is smart but not yet housebroken about office etiquette.
- After years of living alone, he finally became housebroken enough to put the toilet seat down.
- My roommate is not exactly housebroken — he leaves dirty dishes everywhere.
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