Relieving Oneself: English Vocabulary List

to discharge urine from one's body

"I need to spend a penny before we leave."

"We stopped at the service station so that everyone could spend a penny before we continued our long journey."

to release gas from one's bowels through one's anus

"Someone broke wind loudly."

"The old man accidentally broke wind loudly in the elevator and everyone pretended not to notice."

to go to a bathroom in order to satisfy one's natural urge by urinating or defecating

"He went behind the bushes to answer the call of nature."

"The hiker went behind a bush to answer the call of nature because there were no toilets anywhere nearby."

to emit wind from one's anus

"Someone cut cheese."

"The awkward silence was broken when someone accidentally cut the cheese during the quiet dinner."

to get rid of waste liquid from one's body

"The driver stopped to take a leak."

"He stopped the car by the side of the road to take a leak because they had been driving for hours."

to resist the urge to pass urine

"I cannot hold my water any longer."

"The little boy was dancing around because he could not hold his water any longer and needed to find a toilet."

a short stop in the middle of a trip to refuel, eat some food, use a restroom, or just get some rest

"We need a pit stop."

"After driving for six hours straight, we decided to make a pit stop at a roadside diner."