piss

piss
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 acceptable term, by the 18th century a vulgarism, and by the mid-19th century virtually taboo. Since the 1960s it has been possible to use the word in public, although pee is preferred in polite com-pany.
2.
British
alcoholic drink.
In this sense the term usually occurs in the phrase on the piss.
3.
weak beer
4.
nonsense
5.
See take the piss (out of someone)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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