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piss

/pɪs/

Meanings
  • Verb

    To discharge urine from the body.

    - "After drinking a lot of water, he had to piss."
    - "The long queue for the restroom made him piss himself."
  • Noun

    An expression of anger or contempt.

    - "Don't piss me off!"
    - "She gave him a pissed look."

Pronunciation
  1. /pɪs/



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Rhymes
Words rhyming with piss
pissed , missed , dissed , caressed
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,
  1. Piss (en) : To discharge urine from the body.

  2. Piss (en) : An expression of anger or contempt.

  3. Pace (en) : To walk at a regular, measured pace.


Variants
List of all variants of piss that leads to same result
piss , pissed , pisses , pissing , piss and vinegar , piss away , pissed away , pisses away , pissing away , piss off , pissed off , pisses off , pissing off , piss-poor , piss about , piss about/around , piss around , pissed about/around , pisses about/around , pissing about/around , piss and moan , piss down , pissed down , pisses down , pissing down , piss like a racehorse
Forms
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pisses, pissed, pissing, pissed off


Etymology
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Old English pisan, from pissen 'to pass urine'. The verb form is derived from the noun.


Trivia
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  1. The longest recorded urine flow is 28 hours, 15 minutes, and 52 seconds.

  2. In some cultures, it is considered good luck to be pissed on by a cow.


Related Concepts
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  1. Urination: The act of discharging urine from the body.

  2. Bladder: A muscular, hollow organ in the human body that stores urine.


Culture
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In literature, piss has been used as an expression of anger or contempt. In music, there are songs with the word 'piss' in their titles, such as 'Pissing in the Wind' by Jethro Tull and 'Pissing Contest' by Tenacious D.

How to Memorize "piss"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine the act of urinating.
    - Visualize the sound of the word 'piss'.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'piss' with the act of urination.
    - Associate the word 'pissed' with anger or contempt.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the phrase 'Please Introduce Something Silly' to remember the homophone 'pissed' meaning angry or contemptuous.


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