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

He could smell the concrete floor, and the piss in the bucket, and the gloss paint on the walls, and hear the snores of the men along the row.

From Literature

“The whole Underthing smells like cat piss now.”

From Literature

“They did not give me trouble. I spoke Hausa to them. One of them brought out a picture of Ojukwu and asked me to piss on it and I did.”

From Literature

Mr. Whitlock took the piss out of her for that, too.

From Literature

Drinking water from the tap is just to piss Mom off.

From Literature