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cannoun a metal container in the shape of a cylinderthe shelter stores huge cans of water for an emergency a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custodythe racketeers were rounded up and thrown in the can bastille, big house(slang), bridewell, brig, calaboose, clink(slang), cooler, coop, guardroom, hock, hold, hoosegow, jail, jailhouse, joint(slang), jug, lockup, nick(British slang), pen, penitentiary, pokey(slang), prison, quod(British slang), slam, slammer, stir(slang), stockade, tolbooth(Scottish) bull pen, cage, cell, hole, tankblock, wardglasshouse(British), guardhouse, hulk(s)concentration camp, gulag, labor camp, prison camp, stalag, work campdungeon, keep, oubliettereformatory, reform school, training school outside a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body wasteI excused myself and asked if I could use the can bath, bathroom, bog(British), cloakroom(British), comfort station, convenience(chiefly British), head, john, latrine, lavatory, loo(chiefly British), potty, restroom, toilet, washroom, water closet commode, pan(British), potgarderobe, jakes, outhouse, privyhalf bath, powder roomladies(chiefly British), ladies' room, men's room the part of the body upon which someone sitshe fell on the ice and landed on his can backside, behind, booty(also bootie, slang), bottom, breech, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, caboose, cheeks, derriere(or derrière), duff, fanny, fundament, hams, haunches, heinie(slang), hunkers, keister(also keester, slang), nates, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tush(slang) beam, sternmoon(slang) canverbslangto bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate endcan the chatter, or I'm kicking you out of this library break, break off, break up, cease, cut off, cut out, desist (from), discontinue, drop, end, give over, halt, knock off, lay off, leave off, pack (up or in), quit, shut off, stop complete, conclude, finishclose (down)deactivateblock, blockade, dam, delay, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, kibosh, obstruct, stemcall, suspendarrest, brake, check, clamp down, rein (in), squash, squelch, stamp, stanch(or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn backpause, stay, suspendabolish, abort, annul, demolish, destroy, dissolve, kill, ruin, scuttle, snuff have done with, put the kibosh on carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep up, run onadvance, proceed, progressactuate, drive, impel, propel, stir to let go from office, service, or employmentthe cashier was summarily canned for stealing from the registers ax(or axe), bounce, cashier, discharge, dismiss, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate, turn off downsize, excess, furlough, lay off, trimboot (out), chuck (out), drum (out), kick out, throw out, unseatseparate send packing, show (someone) the door employ, engage, hire, retain, sign (up or on), take on keepreemploy, rehirecontract, subcontractrecruit before the 12th century |