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piss

PIS/pɪs/

Verbpisses, pissing, pissed

Noun pluralpisses (some meanings)

8 meanings of piss

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  1. 1
    verbmildly vulgarintransitive
    A rude word meaning to pee, or to pass something such as blood when you pee.

    The dog stopped to piss against a tree.

    Someone keeps pissing on the stairs of our building.

    UsageUse on or against for what gets wet. With a doctor, say pee or urinate.

    Similarpee, wee

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  2. 2
    urinenounmildly vulgaruncountable
    Urine, the liquid that leaves your body when you go to the bathroom.

    The old mattress smelled of piss.

    The alley behind the bar smelled of piss.

    Similarpee, urine

  3. 3
    act of peeingnounmildly vulgarcountable
    The act of passing urine.

    I need a piss before the movie starts.

    He pulled over at the gas station to have a piss.

    UsageSay have a piss or take a piss. Take the piss means something else: to make fun of someone.

    Similarpee, leak, wee

  4. 4
    verynounmildly vulgarcountable or uncountablebefore a noun
    Put before a describing word to mean very.

    That band was piss-poor last night.

    The math test was piss easy.

    UsageOften written with a hyphen, as in piss-poor.

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  5. 5
    rain hardverbmildly vulgartransitive or intransitive
    To rain very hard.

    We stayed inside because it was pissing down all day.

    It's going to piss rain all weekend.

    UsageSay it's pissing down or it's pissing rain.

    Similarpour, bucket, teem

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  6. 6
    cheap alcoholnounmildly vulgarcountable or uncountable
    Alcohol to drink, especially the cheap, low-quality kind.

    We drank the cheap piss they sold at the stadium because there was nothing else.

    He gave up the piss after his doctor warned him about his liver.

    UsageOn the piss means drinking a lot of alcohol.

    Similarbooze

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    annoyanceinterjectionmildly vulgar
    Said when you are angry, let down, or not happy with something.

    Piss! I left my keys in the car.

    Oh, piss, the bus just left without us.

    UsageOften said as Oh, piss!

    Similardamn, dammit, crap

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  2. 8
    win easilyverbmildly vulgarCommonwealthIrelandUKtransitive
    To do or win something very easily.

    Don't worry about the driving test, you'll piss it.

    She pissed the maths exam and got top marks.

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Origin

From the Old French word pissier. It probably began as an imitation of the sound.

Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 2 facts