piss

[ pis ]

/ pɪs /

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noun

urine.

verb (used without object), pissed, piss·ing.

to urinate.

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Idioms about piss

piss away, Slang. to squander; fritter away:

piss off, Slang.

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

take a piss, to urinate.

Origin of piss

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

Words nearby piss

Pisistratus, pismire, pismo clam, pisolite, pisolith, piss, piss about, pissant, Pissarro, piss artist, piss away

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How to use piss in a sentence

He’s scaled mountains, accidentally grabbed rattlesnakes, and once stumbled upon a sleeping mountain lion all in the pursuit of rodent piss.
What’s in a packrat’s petrified pee? Just a few thousand years of secrets.|Rachel Feltman|August 12, 2021|Popular-Science
To raise an argument like this is not only legally frivolous might piss off a federal judge.
Capitol Rioter’s Lawyer Argues a Slap on the Wrist Would ‘Heal’ the Nation|Pilar Melendez|July 9, 2021|The Daily Beast
Few characters can say “Don’t piss in my ear and tell me it’s raining” with the same gravitas and deadpan as Urdnot Wrex.
Every ‘Mass Effect’ squadmate, ranked from a storytelling perspective|Jhaan Elker|June 4, 2021|Washington Post
While it’s one thing to not want to piss off a large number of users, turning every toggle and setting into a user choice is just another way at shrugging off responsibility while claiming that something has been done.
This Week in Apps: Poparazzi hype, Instagram drops Likes, Epic trial adjourns|Sarah Perez|May 29, 2021|TechCrunch

Not just a waypoint to take a piss and fill up the tank, but to refuel in all senses of the word.
I Found the Formula for Road Trip Bliss, and It’s Gardetto’s and Sour Punch Straws|Jenny G. Zhang|May 26, 2021|Eater
But the Lizard Squad was able to get one thing done: Piss off Anonymous, the best known of the hacktivist collectives.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So, of course, we all call that one: The Mormons-Really-Piss-Us-Off One.
My Four Weddings|Kara Swisher|November 10, 2008|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for piss

piss

/ (pɪs) slang /

verb

(intr) to urinate

(tr) to discharge as or in one's urineto piss blood

noun

an act of urinating

urine

Australian beer

on the piss drinking alcohol, esp in large quantities

piece of piss something easily obtained of achieved

take the piss to tease or make fun of someone or something

piss all over to be far superior toa version that pisses all over the original

Word Origin for piss

C13: from Old French pisser, probably of imitative origin

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