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Added 9 October 2026

piss

/pɪs/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about piss at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Liquid excretory product.
there was blood in his urine
Informal terms for urination.
he took a pee

verb

Eliminate urine.
Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug

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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