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# piss

verb (piss, pisses, pissed, pissing) — rude; noun (piss) — rude

«piss» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (rude) To piss is to wee or urinate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#m1)
2. (rude) Piss is wee, urine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#m2)
3. (rude, UK) «Pissing down» means raining very hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#m3)
4. (rude) «Piss off» is a very rude way to tell someone to go away; «pissed off» (rude) means very annoyed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#m4)
5. (rude, UK/Australia) «Pissed» means drunk; (rude, US) «pissed» means angry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#m5)
6. (rude, UK) «Take the piss» means to mock someone or to take unfair advantage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#m6)

### In the lessons

This is rough, rude talk; children meet it in films, in the street and in older people's speech, but should not say it at school or to adults. It tells the reader that a character is rough, angry or very casual. The polite words are «wee», «pee» (informal), «urinate» (formal). Phrases: «piss off», «pissed off», «pissing down», «take the piss».

### Examples

- (rude) The dog pissed on the lamp post. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#x1)
- (rude, UK) It's pissing down outside — take a coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#x2)
- (rude) «Piss off!» he shouted, and the teacher sent him out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#x3)
- (rude) She was really pissed off when her bike was stolen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#x4)
- (rude, UK) Stop taking the piss out of my hat! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#x5)
- (rude, Australia) Uncle Bruce got pissed at the barbecue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#x6)
- (polite) The puppy weed on the carpet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#x7)
- (formal) The doctor needs a urine sample. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#x8)

### Note

Rude word; not for school, adults or formal writing. Big trap: «pissed» means drunk in the UK and Australia but angry in the US. «Piss off» is an insult. Safer words: wee, pee, urine, raining hard, annoyed, drunk, making fun of.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «piss» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«piss» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/piss.html) on Mova free.