1
informal + impolite
: urine
2
informal + impolite
: an act of urinating
—often used with take
Examples of piss in a Sentence
Verb
I was so scared I almost pissed my pants.
Recent Examples on the Web
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026
Lucy’s new mission in life is to not do anything that might piss Stephen off.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2026
Greg came home totally pissed about it.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 26 Jan. 2026
There was no time to think beyond the fact that we were pissed at what was happening in the country.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026
And the Brits are getting pissed.
—New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
That's honestly what was pissing me off.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
When the mask slipped or seemed to slip in the breakup video, however minutely, their counterparts — gay shitposters — pissed through the gap.
—Paul McAdory, Them., 9 Dec. 2025
Those things really piss me off.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 12 Nov. 2025
Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
Everybody’s ripping on one another, taking the piss out, winding each other up.
—Tracee Ellis Ross, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
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Verb
One of the latter is a giant man-eating, glitter-pissing cat-centaur crossbreed, but don’t even ask.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026
Lucy’s new mission in life is to not do anything that might piss Stephen off.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2026
Greg came home totally pissed about it.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 26 Jan. 2026
There was no time to think beyond the fact that we were pissed at what was happening in the country.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026
And the Brits are getting pissed.
—New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
That's honestly what was pissing me off.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
When the mask slipped or seemed to slip in the breakup video, however minutely, their counterparts — gay shitposters — pissed through the gap.
—Paul McAdory, Them., 9 Dec. 2025
Those things really piss me off.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 12 Nov. 2025
Noun
The incident almost ends without them getting noticed, but one of the military guys, Sullivan’s right-hand man, Akers, stops to take a piss on the wall and discovers a knife Hopper accidentally left behind.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
Everybody’s ripping on one another, taking the piss out, winding each other up.
—Tracee Ellis Ross, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Piss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piss. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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