See Also: piss(1)(dictionary)
piss(2)(dictionary)
piss-ant(dictionary)
piss-take(dictionary)
piss-up(dictionary)
piss 1, verb(dictionary)
piss 2, noun(dictionary)
piss artist(dictionary)
piss-poor(dictionary)

piss(2) (iou)



piss verb. Now slang. ME.
[Old & mod. French pisser from Proto-Romance, of imit. origin.]
verb intrans. Discharge urine, urinate. ME.
piss in a person's pocket Austral. ingratiate oneself or be on very familiar terms with a person. piss in the wind act ineffectually, waste one's time. pissing-while a very short time.
M. Herr Some troops were pissing on the ground.
verb trans. Discharge as or with urine. ME.
H. Roth Does he piss water as mortals do, or only the purest of vegetable oil?
verb trans. Urinate on or in, wet with urine; put out or extinguish (fire) by urination. LME.
b. refl. Wet one's clothing with urine; be very frightened, amused, or excited. M20.
With adverbs in specialized senses: piss about, piss around fool or mess about; potter about. piss away squander, waste, (money etc.). piss down rain heavily, pour (with rain). piss off (a) verb phr. trans. annoy, irritate, make depressed; (b) verb phr. intrans. go away, make off, (freq. in imper.). piss on fig. defeat heavily, surpass easily, humiliate. piss up spoil, ruin, mess up.
? Often considered taboo, and seldom recorded in 18th and 19th cents.: cf. PEE verb.