Piss

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Origin

Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin *pissiō, probably of echoic origin.

Full definition of piss

Noun

1. (vulgar) Urine.1611 Monster, I do smell all horse-piss; at which my nose is in great indignation. — Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1.2005 There in a puddle of piss sat Princess Fatima, her dress up over her knees, vomit dripping onto her bodice - Richard Connelly Miller, Tanglefoot
2. (vulgar, slang) Alcoholic beverage, especially of inferior quality.

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Verb

1. (intransitive, vulgar) To urinate.1601 O Jove, a beastly fault! And then another fault in the semblance of a fowl; think on ’t, Jove; a foul fault! When gods have hot backs, what shall poor men do? For me, I am here a Windsor stag; and the fattest, I think, i’ the forest. Send me a cool rut-time, Jove, or who can blame me to piss my tallow? Who comes here? my doe? — Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 5, Scene 5.
2. (transitive, vulgar) To discharge as or with the urine.

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