What does "piss" mean?

1. (to urinate) to pass liquid waste from your body. 2. (to rain heavily) to rain very hard. 3. (urine) the yellow liquid waste that comes out of your body. 4. (bad beer) weak or poor quality beer or alcohol. 5. (to achieve easily) to do something very easily without much effort.

piss

v. · n.

US //ˈpɪs// UK //pˈɪs// piss

1 to urinate (v.)
B2 Upper Intermediate Vulgar

to pass liquid waste from your body.

to urinate. Intransitive in its primary sense; considered vulgar in most social contexts.

Example

He had to stop the car because he really needed to piss.

Example

The dog had pissed against the garden fence, leaving a visible mark on the wood.
- urinate
- pee
2 to rain heavily (v.)
C1 Advanced British English Vulgar Informal

to rain very hard.

to rain with great intensity. Often used with 'it' as a dummy subject.

Example

We couldn't go for a walk because it was pissing with rain all day.

Example

It started pissing down just as we reached the summit, forcing us to seek immediate shelter in a nearby cave.
- pour
- teem
- drizzle

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3 urine (n.)
B2 Upper Intermediate Vulgar

the yellow liquid waste that comes out of your body.

urine. Uncountable when referring to the substance; countable when referring to the act of urination.

Example

The alleyway smelled strongly of piss and old rubbish.

Example

The laboratory technician requested a fresh sample, as the previous one was contaminated with more than just piss.
- urine
- pee
4 bad beer (n.)
C1 Advanced British English Vulgar Informal

weak or poor quality beer or alcohol.

alcohol, particularly beer, perceived to be of inferior quality or weak strength.

Example

I'm not drinking that warm piss; let's go to a better pub.

Example

He complained that the local lager tasted like cat piss, much to the annoyance of the bartender.
- swill
5 to achieve easily (v.)
C2 Proficiency British English Vulgar Slang

to do something very easily without much effort.

to accomplish a task with negligible effort. Transitive; typically used in competitive or academic contexts.

Example

He's so smart he'll piss the exam without even studying.

Example

The home team is so much stronger that they should piss this match by at least three goals.
- breeze
- cruise
- struggle

Origin

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 micge.

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