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piss
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piss  (ps) Vulgar Slang
v. pissed, piss·ing, piss·es
v.intr.
To urinate.
v.tr.
1. To urinate on or in.
2. To discharge (blood, for example) in the urine.
n.
1. Urine.
2. The act or an instance of urinating.
Phrasal Verb:
piss off
1. To make or become angry.
2. Used in the imperative as a signal of angry dismissal.
Idiom:
take the piss out of Chiefly British
To tease or mock (someone).

[Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin *pissire, of imitative origin.]

piss Taboo
Verb
1. to urinate
2. to discharge as or in one's urine: to piss blood
Noun
1. an act of urinating
2. urine
3. take the piss to make fun of or mock someone [probably imitative]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.piss - liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water"
body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
2.piss - informal terms for urination; "he took a pee"
dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, smut, filth - an offensive or indecent word or phrase
micturition, urination - the discharge of urine
Verb1.pisspiss - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
urinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood"
wet - make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
stale - urinate, of cattle and horses
egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
Translations

piss [pɪs] vi (col) → mear
piss [pɪs] vi (inf!) → pisser (!);
piss off! → tire-toi! (!)
piss [pɪs] (inf!) vipissen
nPisse f;
piss off! → verpiss dich!;
to be pissed off (with sb/sth) → (von jdm/etw) die Schnauze vollhaben;
it's pissing down (Brit) (= raining); es schifft;
to take the piss out of sb (Brit) → jdn verarschen
piss [pɪs] vi (col!) → pisciare;
piss off! → vaffanculo! (!)


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