definitions

piss

[ pis ]
/ pɪs /
Vulgar.
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noun

urine.

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

to urinate.

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Nearby words

pisistratus, pismire, pismo clam, pisolite, pisolith, piss, piss about, piss artist, piss away, piss off, piss-poor

Idioms

Origin of piss

1250–1300; Middle English pissen < Old French pissier < Vulgar Latin *pisiāre (imitative)
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British Dictionary definitions for piss away

piss

/ (pɪs) slang /

verb

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

noun

Word Origin for piss

C13: from Old French pisser, probably of imitative origin
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Idioms and Phrases with piss away

piss away

Squander, waste, as in They've pissed away a fortune on those horses. This term uses piss in the sense of “discharge something as though it were urine.” [Vulgar slang; first half of 1900s]

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