sit-on
adj1
Designed to be sat on.
- a sit-on lawnmower, a sit-on suitcase
sit on
verbalso spelled sit-on7 senses
- 1To block, suppress, restrain (something).
- 2To restrain (a person).
- 3To take no action on (something); to hold (something) in…
- 4To be a member of (something).
- 5To hold an official inquiry regarding (something); to…
- 6To insert (something) into one's vagina or anus from below.
- 7Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sit, on.
1
Idiomatic To block, suppress, restrain (something).
- The chairman sat on the report until the end of the legislative session.
3
Idiomatic To take no action on (something); to hold (something) in reserve without actually using.
- I sent the boss my proposal three weeks ago and he's just been sitting on it.
- I began to call the INS regularly to check up on the status of my application. I got the proverbial "run-around," and this effort only confirmed my suspicion that the INS was sitting on my application.1986, Gilberto Gerald, “With My Head Held Up High”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology:
4
To be a member of (something).
- He sits on the appropriations committee.
5
To hold an official inquiry regarding (something); to deliberate about (something).
6
Euphemistic To insert (something) into one's vagina or anus from below.
- Let me sit on it.
7
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sit, on.
- The cat sat on the mat.
- Related terms
- sit on it