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# piss

«piss» in Mova's school dictionary: **to wee or urinate** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) (rude) To piss is to wee or urinate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#m1)

2) (rude) Piss is wee, urine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#m2)

3) (rude, UK) «Pissing down» means raining very hard. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/#m6)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «piss» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piss/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.