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
Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Yeah, you would’ve been pissed.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Snakes and spiders piss me off, just their existence.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
My characters are always in the service of pissing people off.
—Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
But new faces are going to show up in Edgewater this season — a revolving door of big, splashy, bold characters roll through, piss people off, disrupt our world.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
Which pisses me off, even through my white-hot shame.
—Allison Lax, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025
To be honest, I was absolutely pissed at the colleague for calling at such an ungodly hour.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 12 Sep. 2025
But those were the offensive issues, which is only one half of the Dolphins’ piss poor debut.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Tracee Ellis Ross, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Players can provide hints or hold fast but will end up pissing the duo off either way.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Yeah, you would’ve been pissed.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Snakes and spiders piss me off, just their existence.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
My characters are always in the service of pissing people off.
—Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
But new faces are going to show up in Edgewater this season — a revolving door of big, splashy, bold characters roll through, piss people off, disrupt our world.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
Which pisses me off, even through my white-hot shame.
—Allison Lax, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025
To be honest, I was absolutely pissed at the colleague for calling at such an ungodly hour.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 12 Sep. 2025
But those were the offensive issues, which is only one half of the Dolphins’ piss poor debut.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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 Nov. 2025.
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