john
Plural: johns
Noun
- A toilet or lavatory.
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216)
- (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
- a prostitute's customer
- the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament
- A prostitute's client.
- A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse.
- A Western man traveling in East Asia.
- A male mule.
Examples
- He muttered "John" under his breath, signaling a quick break from the intense game.
Origin / Etymology
From the male given name John (q.v.), whose ubiquity led to extensive use of the name in generic contexts. Its use for toilets derives from John and Cousin John, which both probably relate to jacques and jakes, used in equivalent senses by the British and Irish.
Synonyms
bathroom, can, Gospel According to John, John Lackland, John the Divine, John the Evangelist, King John, lav, lavatory, privy, Saint John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John, St. John the Apostle, toilet, trick, whoremaster, whoremonger, Cousin John, House of Lords, Jane, Jerry, Quincy, WC, all-nighter, bedpan, big white telephone, bog, bogger, brasco, carsey, chamber, chamber pot, chemical toilet, cloaca, closet, closet of decency, closet of ease, cludgie, commode, cottage, crapper, crapper trapper, curb crawler, dike, donniker, dunny, facilities, fare, gazunder, geography, gonk, guzunder, head, highway to hell, honey bucket, honeypot, house of office, jacks, jacques, jakes, jane, jerry, jockey, john, johnny, jordan, karzy, kerb crawler, khazi, kocay, ladies and gentlemen, latrine, lats, lavabo, lavvy, loo, mingo, monger, muttonmonger, necessarium, necessary, necessary place, necessary room, necessary stool, neddy, netty, office, office of ease, pan, pee pot, piss pot, pisser, pisspot, place, po, pooper, porcelain god, porcelain goddess, pot, potty, potty-chair, punter, purging place, restroom, score, shield, shitbucket, shitcan, shitpot, shitter, short-timer, siege, six, slop bucket, small room, smallest room, steamer, stool, stool of easement, teahouse, tearoom, throne, throne room, thunder mug, thunderbox, toilet room, toot, urinal, urination station, usual offices, vault, wapping cove, wardrobe, washroom, water closet, withdraught
Scrabble Score: 14
john: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordjohn: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
john: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary