piss1 verbpiss2 noun
pisspiss1 /pɪs/ verb [intransitive] spoken not polite 
WORD ORIGINpiss1
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiareVERB TABLE
piss
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | piss |
| he, she, it | pisses | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | pissed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have pissed |
| he, she, it | has pissed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had pissed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will piss |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have pissed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am pissing |
| he, she, it | is pissing | |
| you, we, they | are pissing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was pissing |
| you, we, they | were pissing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been pissing |
| he, she, it | has been pissing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been pissing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be pissing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been pissing |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Crazy is living in a fog and pissing your pants.
- I can fully understand him being pissed off.
- It's no wonder Hite is pissed off.
- Oh, she was pissed man.
- The tears were still pissing from my eyes when I fled to the can.
Longman Language Activatorto make someone angry
also make somebody mad especially American · Sophie tried not to do anything that would make Henry angry. · It always makes me mad when people drive up behind me and start flashing their lights.
to make someone fairly angry: · The only reason she went out with Charles was to annoy her parents.· Jane's constant chatter was beginning to annoy me.· Are you doing that just to annoy me?it annoys somebody that/when: · It annoys me that Kim never returns the books she borrows.I find it annoying when...: · I find it annoying when people eat smelly foods on public transport.
to keep annoying someone: · That silly smile of hers always irritated me.· After a while, the loud ticking of the clock began to irritate me.· Jean Paul's attempts to apologize just irritated me even more.
also tick somebody off American informal an impolite expression meaning to annoy someone: · Shut up, Bernie, before you really start to piss me off.it pisses somebody off the way: · Doesn't it piss you off the way your husband sits in front of the TV every night while you cook dinner?
to make someone very angry especially by doing something that they cannot control or change: · Her racist attitudes infuriated her co-workers.· Kramer's stubborn refusal to answer any questions infuriated the officers.
formal to make someone angry: · The police department's handling of the affair has angered many in the community.· The decision to again allow logging in the area angered environmentalists.
informal if something bugs you, it annoys you because it is always there or is always happening, so that you cannot stop thinking about it or noticing it: · It really bugs me when I can't remember someone's name.· You know what bugs me? Getting a call from a telephone salesman right when I sit down to dinner.
if someone or something gets on your nerves , they annoy you, especially by continually saying or doing something that you do not like: · The noise from the apartment upstairs was beginning to get on my nerves.· I hope Emma isn't going to be there - she really gets on my nerves.
spoken informal use this to say that something makes you very angry, especially an unfair situation: · It makes me sick, the way they treat old people here.
British /be like waving a red rag in front of a bull American if something is like a red rag to a bull , it will always make a particular person angry: · Whatever you do, don't mention his ex-wife. It's like a red rag to a bull.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
You get really pissed off applying for jobs all the time.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
You get really pissed off applying for jobs all the time.· Jett was pissed off with Kevin for signing me up, you know.· For all they know, you were furious with her, you hated her, you were pissed off about the drugs.· I can fully understand him being pissed off.· Petey, leaning against a post, looked pissed off.· It's no wonder Hite is pissed off.· Everybody was pissed off when I was a kid.· I was pissed off at them leaving me like that because I had hardly any other friends in Leeds.· Not seriously pissed off and not monumentally pissed off, but moderately pissed off.
VERB· Tam and Richie got pissed with Billy, and everyone ignored Mr Finlayson, drinking alone up at the bar.· I was getting really pissed off at him and finally I exploded.· White guy's getting pissed off in his car.· And then I end up getting really pissed off because here I am trying to play with him.· I know you were getting pissed off with Edward needling you like that, but you can tell me, surely.· We also got unanimous sympathy for pissing on Spurs, but ending up with just a point. emailinc Ditto.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► not have a pot to piss in► go piss up a rope!► piss somebody about/around► piss somebody ↔ off► piss in the wind► it is pissing down (with rain)
1to urinate2piss in the wind to waste time or effort trying to do something that is impossible3it is pissing down (with rain) British English used to say that it is raining very heavily4piss yourself (laughing) British English to laugh a lot, especially when you cannot stop laughing: · They were all copying my accent and pissing themselves laughing.5piss all over somebody British English to thoroughly defeat a person or a team6not have a pot to piss in to be extremely poor7go piss up a rope! American English used to tell someone to go awaypiss about/around phrasal verb British English spoken not polite1to waste time doing stupid things with no purpose or plan SYN mess about/around: · Stop pissing about and get some work done!2 piss somebody about/around to treat someone badly by not doing what you have promised to do, or by not being honest with them SYN mess somebody about/around: · I wish he’d say yes or no – he’s been pissing me around for weeks.piss something ↔ away phrasal verb spoken not polite to waste something in a very stupid way: · I was earning quite a lot but I pissed it all away.piss off phrasal verb spoken not polite1 piss somebody ↔ off to annoy someone very much: · The way she treats me really pisses me off.2 British English to go away – used especially to tell someone to go away: · Now piss off and leave me alone!· He pissed off before we got there.3 British English used to say no or to refuse to do something- He felt very cold, and he had pissed himself.
- No older girl has ever pissed herself on account of Laverne before.
- We both pissed ourselves laughing afterwards, wondering what all the fuss was about.
- Basically we pissed all over them, and out-classed them in every department.
piss1 verbpiss2 noun
pisspiss2 noun spoken not polite Longman Language Activatorto make fun of someone or something
to make someone or something seem stupid by making jokes about them: · They made fun of the girls and their new outfits.· You shouldn't make fun of other people's beliefs.· Peter didn't seem to realize that they were making fun of him.
to make fun of someone or something, especially in an unkind way: · The other kids poked fun at him, saying his mother dressed him like a girl.· His plays ingeniously poked fun at the way the Communist Party corrupted language.
to make jokes about someone when you talk to them, either in an unkind way, or in a friendly way that shows you like them: · Sam's sisters used to tease him because he was overweight.· Don't get upset, Stuart, she's only teasing.tease somebody about something: · Kevin's always teasing me about my cooking.
informal to make fun of someone in a friendly way by telling something that is not true: · Did Ronnie really call or are you just pulling my leg?pull sb's leg about: · Don't worry. I was just pulling your leg about moving - I'm not going anywhere.
to repeatedly say unpleasant things to someone that show you do not respect them, in order to make them angry or upset: · She went on taunting him until he lost his temper.· When I didn't want to fight he would taunt me repeatedly. "Coward," he would say, "coward, coward, coward ...."taunt somebody about something: · He couldn't forget how they had taunted him about his appearance.
a book, film, or performance that sends up a group or person makes fun of them by copying them in a very funny way: send up somebody: · Gibson's new play brilliantly sends up the upper classes and their attitudes.send somebody up: · Half the time, he uses his act to send himself up.
to show by your unpleasant attitude or remarks that you do not have a high opinion of someone or what they do: · Instead of helping, they just sat and sneered.sneer at: · He wanted to prove something to the critics who had sneered at his paintings.
to make fun of a person, institution, belief etc, and show that you do not have a high opinion of them, sometimes in a friendly way: · Liz mocked him, saying that he was a coward.· The press mocked his attempts to appeal to young voters.· "Ooh, aren't you clever!" she mocked.· You mustn't mock -- it's not their fault they don't know much about art.
British informal to make someone look stupid, in either a friendly or unfriendly way, for example by saying something you do not mean or by copying their behaviour: · Just ignore him - he's just taking the mickey.· "You're a genius - you should go on one of those quiz shows!" "Are you taking the mickey?"take the mickey out of: · They're always taking the mickey out of each other, but they're good friends really.
informal to make fun of someone - some people consider this expression to be rude: · I didn't mean it - I was only taking the piss.take the piss out of: · The show takes the piss out of virtually everyone, from politicians to eco-warriors.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY You get really pissed off applying for jobs all the time.
1[singular] an act of urinatinggo for/have/take a piss· I need to have a piss.2[uncountable] urine3take the piss (out of somebody/something) British English to annoy someone by laughing at them or making them seem stupid: · The kids always take the piss out of some teachers.4be on the piss British English to be at a pub or club, drinking a lot of alcohol: · ‘Where’s Jo?’ ‘Out on the piss somewhere.’5be full of piss and vinegar American English to be full of energy → be a piece of piss at piece1(15)· I need to have a piss.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES You get really pissed off applying for jobs all the time.