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pissing

v.
C2 Proficiency US //ˈpɪˌsɪŋ// UK //pˈɪsɪŋ// piss·ing Slang Vulgar

v. to go to the bathroom. It is a very rude and informal way to say you are emptying your bladder.

v. to urinate. Highly informal and vulgar in register; frequently used in the progressive form to describe the act or as an intensifier in British English.


SIMPLE

He is pissing behind that tree.

CONTEXTUAL

The dog spent the whole walk pissing on every single lamp post we passed.

COMPLEX

The rain was pissing down so hard that the hikers could barely see the trail markers ten feet ahead of them.

Synonyms
Usage

Often used as part of the phrasal verb 'pissing down' to describe heavy rain.

Pitfall

He is pissing the wallHe is pissing on the wallWhen used to mean urinate, the verb is intransitive and requires a preposition like 'on' or 'against' before the object.

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