See Also: piss(1)(dictionary)
piss(2)(dictionary)
piss-ant(dictionary)
piss-take(dictionary)
piss-up(dictionary)
piss 1, verb(dictionary)
piss 2, noun(dictionary)
piss artist(dictionary)
piss-poor(dictionary)

piss(1) (iou)



piss noun. Now coarse slang. ME.
[from the verb.]
Urine; transf. unpalatable drink. Also, the action or an act of urinating.
on the piss engaged in a bout of heavy drinking. piss and vinegar energy, aggression. piss and wind empty talk, bombast. take the piss (out of) make fun (of), mock, deride.
Joyce Horse piss and rotted straw...It is a good odour to breathe. A. Fugard Just hang on for a second I want to have a piss. E. Leonard In the mountains..take a piss in a stream.
Comb.: With certain adjectives in sense 'very, extremely, excessively', as piss-elegant, piss-poor. Special combs., as piss artist a glib unreliable person; a person who fools about; a drunkard; piss-cutter N. Amer. someone or something excellent, a clever or crafty person; pisshead a drunkard; piss-hole (a) a hole made by urine; (b) an unpleasant place; piss-house a privy, a lavatory; piss-pot a chamber-pot; piss-proud adjective having an erection attributed to a full bladder, esp. upon awakening; piss-take a parody; piss-taker a person who mocks; piss-taking mockery; piss-up (a) = COCK-UP 2; (b) a session of heavy drinking.
? Often considered taboo, and seldom recorded in 18th and 19th cents.