toilet paper

noun

: a thin sanitary absorbent paper usually in a roll for use in drying or cleaning oneself after defecation and urination

Examples of toilet paper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

From throwing popcorn to bringing in props ranging from toilet paper to live chickens, audiences have become so rambunctious that theaters have issued warnings before playing the movie in hopes of curbing the chaos. —Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025

TikTok is peppered with videos of carnage at the movie theaters: huge bags of popcorn exploding across aisles, oceans of bodies roiling up and down, rolls of toilet paper flying from seats C2 to K14, boys being escorted by police out of screening rooms. —Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025

The meat was located in stalls, on a dispenser opposite the ones for toilet paper. —Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025

Or, a pre-war yellow-tiled bathroom in need of a little decor moment to hide the troves of toilet paper. —Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 29 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for toilet paper

• caper
• raper
• scraper
• shaper
• taper
• vapor
• newspaper
• notepaper
• sandpaper
• skyscraper
• wallpaper
• wastepaper

Kids Definition

toilet paper

noun

: a thin soft sanitary absorbent paper usually in a roll for bathroom use