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

“Neither of us had a pot to piss in,” said Hackford, “so we never made that movie.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

"I'm going into school and I'm smelling like dog piss and cat piss," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

"I am not thin-skinned. I actually love being taken the piss out of when it’s clever and in good spirits," she said.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2025

It’s too weird, and too wretched, to not take the piss out of it.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2024

“Ali wouldn’t like that. It was him that sent her in there. I don’t know why. But if I piss Ali off, he might not let me build in the storage room no more.”

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore