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piss.

Urine.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɪs/

  1. Urine.

    mildly · uncountable · usually · vulgar
    This toilet is disgusting. There's piss all over the floor.

  2. The act of urinating.

    countable · mildly · vulgar
    I'm desperate for a piss!

  3. Alcoholic beverage, especially of inferior quality.

    countable · mildly · uncountable · vulgar

  4. An intensifier.

    attributive · countable · mildly · uncountable · vulgar
    piss-poor
Where this word comes from

From Middle English pisse (noun) and pissen (verb), from Old French pissier, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pīssiāre, probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse pissa (“to urinate, piss”). Displaced Old English miċġe (“urine”) and mīgan (“to urinate”).

verb/pɪs/

  1. To urinate.

    intransitive · mildly · vulgar
    When I got home I found a drunk pissing in my doorway.

  2. To discharge as or with the urine.

    mildly · transitive · vulgar
    If you're pissing blood, you'd better see a doctor.

  3. To achieve easily.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · mildly · slang · transitive · vulgar

  4. To rain heavily.

    ambitransitive · mildly · slang · vulgar
Where this word comes from

From Middle English pisse (noun) and pissen (verb), from Old French pissier, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pīssiāre, probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse pissa (“to urinate, piss”). Displaced Old English miċġe (“urine”) and mīgan (“to urinate”).

intj/pɪs/

  1. Expresses anger, disappointment or dissatisfaction.

    mildly · vulgar
Where this word comes from

From Middle English pisse (noun) and pissen (verb), from Old French pissier, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pīssiāre, probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse pissa (“to urinate, piss”). Displaced Old English miċġe (“urine”) and mīgan (“to urinate”).

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