take the piss

  • 41piss — v. & n. coarse sl. Usage: Usually considered a taboo word. v. 1 intr. urinate. 2 tr. a discharge (blood etc.) when urinating. b wet with urine. 3 tr. (as pissed adj.) Brit. drunk. n. 1 urine. 2 an act of urinating. Phrases and idioms: piss about… …

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  • 42piss — n 1. urine or an act of urination. An echoic word with cognates in other European languages (pisser is the French verb) which has been in use since the Middle English period. Its level of respectability has varied; originally it was a generally… …

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  • 43piss-take — noun (countable usually singular) BrE spoken a joke in which you try to make fun of someone, for example by copying them or laughing at them see also: take the piss out of piss 2 (3) …

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  • 44piss-take — n British an act of mockery, parody. A common back formation from the phrase to take the piss (out of someone) …

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  • 45piss-take — Noun. A joke, a tease. Derived from the phrase take the piss …

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  • 46piss (out of), take the* —  Make fun (of), [adj. &n.] …

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  • 47piss-take — pissˈ take noun (slang) An instance of mockery • • • Main Entry: ↑piss * * * piss take UK US noun [countable] [singular piss take plural p …

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  • 48The Satanic Verses controversy — refers to the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie s novel The Satanic Verses . In particular it involves the novel s alleged blasphemy or unbelief; the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie; and the… …

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  • 49The Pair of Pliers — is Mike Watt s second longest running project band. It consisted of former Slovenly and current Red Krayola guitarist Tom Watson and drummer/saxophonist/harpist Vince Meghrouni as well was Watt himself. All three members shared vocal duties.… …

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  • 50piss — piss1 [ pıs ] verb intransitive IMPOLITE to get rid of waste liquid from your body. A more polite word is pee or wee. The formal word is urinate. ,piss a round phrasal verb IMPOLITE 1. ) intransitive to behave in a silly way that annoys other… …

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