piss

1 of 2

verb

ˈpis

pissed; pissing; pisses

intransitive verb

informal + impolite : urinate

transitive verb

informal + impolite : to urinate in or on

piss

2 of 2

noun

informal + impolite : urine

informal + impolite : an act of urinating

—often used with take

Examples of piss in a Sentence

Verb I was so scared I almost pissed my pants.

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Verb

That’s the part that pisses me off the most about it right now. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026 Because one of them, all of them, can get pissed at me and say, screw this, we’re done. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 June 2026

Noun

That weekend scared the piss out of me. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026 Everybody’s ripping on one another, taking the piss out, winding each other up. — Tracee Ellis Ross, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for piss

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French pisser, from Vulgar Latin *pissiare, of imitative origin

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of piss was in the 14th century

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