pee
1 Americanverb (used without object)
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pees,
present (3rd person singular)
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peed,
past participle, past
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peeing
present participle
noun
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the act of urinating.
verb
noun
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urine
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the act of urinating
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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peesimple
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peessimple
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have peedperfect
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has peedperfect
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am peeingprogressive
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are peeingprogressive
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is peeingprogressive
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have been peeingperfect progressive
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has been peeingperfect progressive
Past
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peedsimple
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had peedperfect
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was peeingprogressive
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were peeingprogressive
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had been peeingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of pee1
Middle English pe (< Old French ) < Latin pē < Greek peî pi 1
Origin of pee2
First recorded in 1875–80; euphemism for piss, using initial letter
Explanation
Pee is an informal but common word that means "to urinate." Of all the slang words for bodily functions, this is one of the least offensive. Though it's not very naughty to talk about peeing or taking a pee, this term is a little childish. However, saying "I have to take a peepee!" or "My dog is going number one" are even more childish. No one will blink when you say you have to pee, but they're probably not thrilled to get this information either. Unless something in particular about peeing needs to be discussed, it's best to just say, "I have to go to the bathroom."
Example Sentences
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She would say we don’t have a pot to pee in, but we have each other, and we have enough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Only the three P's - pee, paper and poo should be put down the toilet.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
Every time the opposing team has a runner at third base and less than two outs, I take me dog outside to pee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
If you've never kept a reptile, you might be surprised to learn that many of them actually "pee" in crystal form.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2025
I wasn’t crazy about the bus—it was loud; sometimes there were fights; often there was teasing—but it was the fastest way I could get home to my dog Delilah, who desperately needed to pee.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
Finally, there is Georgia McCann, a self-styled Gen Z beatnik and events planner whose special talents include throwing parties for Anna Delvey and not washing her hands after she pees.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2025
He sniffs and pees like a guy without a care in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
She has check-ins with a case worker and takes classes with other mothers; at one point, she pees in a cup.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
Sometimes a fox doesn’t steal the paper, Frank said, but pees on it.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2021
Then he takes two steps, picks up his hind leg, and pees on the wall.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
I started laughing too—so hard that I peed myself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The night he finally dropped his hips and peed on grass, I was so relieved, I started to cry.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2025
My ex’s cat, Champ, chronically peed on his couch and spent most of its daylight hours hiding under a chair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
"I walked in and there was my favorite ski jacket on the floor ripped apart — on which he had peed."
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2023
The day before I left, he informed me that he was “nine-tenths thirsty” and I almost peed myself laughing.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
“She started peeing in this girl’s shoes and on her stuff and being really territorial about ‘her person,’” Wilson said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
"Plants don't have a well-developed mechanism to excrete these drug compounds. They can't easily get rid of waste by peeing, like humans do," Sanchez said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026
Children may have heavier nappies or they may start wetting the bed because they're peeing more.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
Di Fabrizio accused him of missing the urinal and peeing on them at the Oscars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
But that could just have been part of the spell-thing-whatever-it-is she’d been working on me ever since she caught me peeing in the girls’ bathroom.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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