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to need to pee

to need to pee

12 5.6
To feel you have to go to the toilet to pass urine
  • phrasal verb
  • /nid tə pi/
  • Informal
translation icon : tener que hacer pis
  • I need to pee.
  • I really need to pee
  • I need to pee again
  • I just need to pee

I'm starting to need to pee really bad.

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Examples

  • Do you need to pee?

    Fiction book (2002)
  • I really need to pee.

  • I really, really need to pee.

  • Look, I need to pee.

  • "I need to pee," she said.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • If you need to pee, go.

    Blog text (21)
  • I think this is the time I needed to pee most badly, like ever.

  • Aw, man, I need to pee.

  • I really need to pee, do they have toilets there?

  • When you feel uncomfortable during a long movie, it might be because you need to pee.

Synonyms

to pee
vsto need to pee
  • Informal
371 2.6

To let out the body's yellow liquid

describes the feeling of needing to empty the bladder
to urinate
vsto need to pee
69 3.3

To pass urine

is the casual expression of needing to empty the bladder not medical
to take a piss
vsto need to pee
  • Offensive
52 9.9

To pee in a rude way

is the neutral informal expression of needing to empty the bladder not crude
to piss like a racehorse
vsto need to pee
  • NSFW
2 9.9

To need to pee very badly, often after drinking a lot

means a general need to empty the bladder without extreme urgency
to pee-pee
vsto need to pee
  • Baby Talk
2 8.1

To pass urine from the body, often said to children

is the common informal way adults express the same need
to pass water
vsto need to pee
  • UK
7.6

To let urine come out of your body

is an informal urgent feeling phrase rather than polite wording

Antonyms

1 9.7

To keep from peeing for a while

How Urgent

to rush to the crapper
  • Offensive
9.9
to need to pee
  • Informal
12 5.6

Surface Forms

need to pee infinitive
needed to pee past participle
needing to pee present participle
needs to pee third person singular

Morphology

need + to + pee

The meaning 'to feel the urge to urinate' is directly and compositionally derived from 'need' (to require) + 'to' (infinitival marker) + 'pee' (urinate). Even if the supplied entry lists 'pee' as a noun, the infinitival structure makes the verbal sense transparent and this literal composition is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would understand it.

Etymology

Need to pee is very literal: the word need shows a strong feeling and pee is the action, so picture your lower belly filling and pressing until you must find a toilet. That's why it means 'to need to go to the toilet'.