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pissing

pissing

14 9.9
An act of peeing
  • noun
  • /ˈpɪsɪŋ/
  • Offensive
translation icon : meada
  • You don't get into a pissing match with a civilian on the street.
  • pissing contest
  • pissing match
  • pissing rain

Yeah, I mean, so you'll do some wild pissing.

Examples

  • We laughed as the dog started pissing on the tree in the park.

  • He stepped outside for a quick pissing break during the road trip.

  • About all you did was draw her campaign manager into a pissing match.

    Blog text (29)

  • You gonna turn this into a pissing contest now?

    Bloodletting (1997)

  • You win the pissing contest.

    Absolute Power (1997)

  • Especially if they have to get into a pissing contest with the driver about why they stopped him.

    The Hate U Give (2018)

  • Why should I get into a pissing contest with some stupid Southern governor?

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Banking became a pissing contest.

    Inside Job (2010)

  • A lot of what is said in this blog sounds more like a pissing contest.

    Blog text (26)

  • Look, I'm not trying to get into a jurisdictional pissing contest here, I just want to help.

    Scream VI (2023)

Synonyms

piss
vspissing
  • Offensive
81 8.4

An informal rude word for the act of passing urine

is the same act but used with vulgar tone
pee
vspissing
  • Baby Talk
64 5.6

An act of letting out the body's yellow liquid

is more vulgar and adult than the childish informal form
urination
vspissing
13 3.9

Passing urine from the body

is informal or vulgar rather than this neutral formal expression
wetting
vspissing
  • Baby Talk
5 7.9

A polite word for peeing often used for children

is vulgar and direct rather than polite or indirect phrasing
peeing
vspissing
1 4.6

To let urine leave your body

is more informal and often vulgar compared to this neutral term

Idioms

pissing in the wind
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Spending time or effort on something that will not work

to pissing money up the wall
  • Offensive
9.9

To spend money carelessly and waste it

Compounds

territorial pissing
  • Offensive
9.9

A show of aggressive behaviour to claim control or space

Surface Forms

pissing singular
pissings plural

Morphology

pissing = piss (transparent) = piss + ing

The word is transparently derived from the verb 'piss' with the addition of the gerund suffix '-ing'.

Etymology

Pissing comes from the old word piss, which likely began as an imitation of the sound of urinating. It is a rude, informal word for 'to urinate', like the softer word 'pee', so pissing means the act of passing urine.