take the piss

  • 31piss — vulgar slang ► VERB ▪ urinate. ► NOUN 1) urine. 2) an act of urinating. ● be on the piss Cf. ↑be on the piss ● piss about/around Cf. ↑ …

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  • 32piss-take — n [C usually singular] BrE informal not polite something you do to make people laugh at someone, especially by copying them in a funny way ▪ The record is a piss take of people who have a high opinion of themselves. →take the piss out of sb/sth… …

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  • 33piss — piss1 [pıs] v [i]spoken not polite [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare] 1.) to ↑urinate 2.) piss in the wind to waste time or effort trying to do something that is impossible 3.) it is piss …

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  • 34piss — 1 verb 1 (I) informal an impolite word meaning to urinate 2 piss all over sb spoken an impolite expression meaning to thoroughly defeat a person or a team 3 piss in the wind spoken an impolite expression meaning to waste time or effort trying to… …

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  • 35piss — /pɪs / (say pis) Colloquial (taboo) –verb (i) 1. to urinate. –noun 2. urine. 3. an act of passing water; urination. 4. a. any alcoholic drink, especially a weak one. b. beer. –phrase 5. all piss and wind (or piss n wind) …

  • 36take — I [[t]te͟ɪk[/t]] USED WITH NOUNS DESCRIBING ACTIONS ♦ takes, taking, took, taken (Take is used in combination with a wide range of nouns, where the meaning of the combination is mostly given by the noun. Many of these combinations are common… …

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  • 37piss — I UK [pɪs] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms piss : present tense I/you/we/they piss he/she/it pisses present participle pissing past tense pissed past participle pissed impolite 1) to get rid of waste liquid from your body. A more polite word… …

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  • 38piss-take — /ˈpɪs teɪk/ (say pis tayk) noun Colloquial (taboo) a satire or parody: a piss take of a popular sitcom. {from the phrase take the piss; see piss (def. 19) …

  • 39piss — [[t]pɪ̱s[/t]] pisses, pissing, pissed 1) VERB: V To piss means to urinate. [INFORMAL, RUDE] 2) N SING: a N If someone has a piss, they urinate. [INFORMAL, RUDE] 3) N UNCOUNT Piss is urine. [INFORMAL, RUDE] 4) VERB: usu cont If it is pissing with… …

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  • 40piss — vulgar slang verb urinate. ↘discharge (something, especially blood) when urinating. noun urine. ↘an act of urinating. Phrases be (or go) on the piss Brit. be engaged in (or go on) a heavy drinking session. a piece of piss Brit. a very easy thing… …

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