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piss

UK/pɪs/ US/ˈpɪs/ common slang uk
verb (1) noun (2)

verb

1.

noun

1.

liquid excretory product

  • “there was blood in his urine”
  • “the child had to make water”
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2.

informal terms for urination

  • “he took a pee”
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Origin

From Middle English pisse (noun) and pissen (verb), from Old French pissier, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pīssiāre, probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse pissa (“to urinate, piss”). Displaced Old English miċġe (“urine”) and mīgan (“to urinate”).

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