piss
PIS/pɪs/
Noun pluralpisses (some meanings)
Pluralpisses (some meanings)
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- 4Put 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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- 6Alcohol 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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Origin
From the Old French word pissier. It probably began as an imitation of the sound.
Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 2 facts
- Piss derives from Old French pissier. en.wiktionary.org
- The word probably originated as an imitation of sound. en.wiktionary.org