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MAKING WATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does making water mean? 

MAKING WATER (noun)
  The noun MAKING WATER has 1 sense:

1. a euphemism for urinationplay

  Familiarity information: MAKING WATER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAKING WATER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A euphemism for urination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

leak; making water; passing water; wetting

Context example:

he had to take a leak

Hypernyms ("making water" is a kind of...):

micturition; urination (the discharge of urine)

Domain usage:

euphemism (an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh)


 Context examples 


Soon after I heard a general shout, with frequent repetitions of the words Peplom selan; and I felt great numbers of people on my left side relaxing the cords to such a degree, that I was able to turn upon my right, and to ease myself with making water; which I very plentifully did, to the great astonishment of the people; who, conjecturing by my motion what I was going to do, immediately opened to the right and left on that side, to avoid the torrent, which fell with such noise and violence from me.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)



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