piss

American  

[pis] / pɪs /

noun

1. urine.

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verb (used without object)

pissed, pissing

1. to urinate.

idioms

1. piss off,

   1. to anger.

   2. to go away; leave (often used imperatively).

2. take a piss, to urinate.

3. piss away, to squander; fritter away.

piss British  

/ pɪs /

verb

1. (intr) to urinate

2. (tr) to discharge as or in one's urine

   to piss blood

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noun

1. an act of urinating

2. urine

3. beer

4. drinking alcohol, esp in large quantities

5. something easily obtained of achieved

6. to tease or make fun of someone or something

7. to be far superior to

   a version that pisses all over the original

Etymology

Origin of piss

1250–1300; Middle English pissen < Old French pissier < Vulgar Latin *pisiāre (imitative)

Example Sentences

Related: Andres Serrano's Piss Christ is the original shock art There’s nothing arbitrary about comparing Serrano with Spanish and Italian Catholic artists of the baroque age.

From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2016

They’ll be contributing to a operation called “From Piss to Pilsner.”

From Time • Jul. 2, 2015

When I created the photograph Piss Christ, in 1987, I never thought that it would prove so controversial.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2015

Click here to listen to "Love Jones" from RZA's album, and to listen to Raekwon's "Piss in the Shark Tank."

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2013

“He hasn’t banned anyone in a dozen years. What’d you do? Piss on a book?”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss