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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See Examples For:
He opens “Digger” lounging in a bed soaked with cat pee, tempting an elderly feline named Maggie to lick wet chow from his gnarled pinkie nail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
With that cleared up, Parton readied her rhinestone mic-drop: “I just know if I have to pee, I’m gon’ pee.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Clear pee means you’re drinking too much fluids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
"When I'm having dinner people are coming out and going for a pee - I can see it," she told BBC Alba's Eorpa programme.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
I ask, and start laughing at how ridiculous that is, and then Isabella is laughing too, and we both can’t stop, and I almost feel like I’m going to pee my pants.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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
I asked Sam if he ever pees sitting down.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2021
Sometimes a fox doesn’t steal the paper, Frank said, but pees on it.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2021
Jaimito crawls around the floor like a real savage and pees in little puddles that I wipe up with a towel from the kitchen.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
I started laughing too—so hard that I peed myself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
This leads to some new-parenting jokes — most viewers won’t expect to see Momoa peed on as much as he is here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
Established trees probably fare better, but if the tree was young, newly planted, and regularly peed on: “I would think that that could kill the tree, absolutely,” says Allen.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2023
"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
I must have had a pee ratio of three to one in Nam versus the amount of times I had peed in Harlem.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
It was complete with our signatures and an anatomically incorrect line-drawing of our dog, Mittens, peeing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 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
Di Fabrizio accused him of missing the urinal and peeing on them at the Oscars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska opens her memoir peeing in a bucket.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025
One day I’m chopping carrots, when suddenly I feel like I’m peeing.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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