piss

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 Anagrams 2 Icelandic 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Synonyms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English pissen < Old French pissier < Vulgar Latin pissiāre, probably of echoic origin.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɪs/, SAMPA: /pIs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs

[edit] Noun

piss (uncountable)

1. 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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[edit] Verb

to piss (third-person singular simple present pisses, present participle pissing, simple past and past participle pissed)

1. (intransitive) 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) To discharge as or with the urine.

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[edit] Synonyms

• (1): pee (euphemistic); wee (childish), wee-wee (childish)
• (2): tinkle (childish)
• (3): make sissy (Yiddish influence)
• See also Wikisaurus:urinate

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• Alphagram: ipss
• sips

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Noun

piss n. (uncountable)

1. (informal) pee, piss, urine

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• hland
• þvag