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piss

(pĭs) Vulgar Slang

v. pissed, piss·ing, piss·es

v.intr.

To urinate.

v.tr.

1. To urinate on or in.

2. To discharge (blood, for example) in the urine.

1. Urine.

2. The act or an instance of urinating.

Phrasal Verbs:

piss away

To spend wastefully; squander.

piss off

1. To make angry.

2. Used in the imperative as a signal of angry dismissal.

Idiom:

take the piss out of Chiefly British

To tease or mock (someone).

[Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin *pissiāre, of imitative origin.]

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"I know how to do it naturally now; I noticed everything you gain when you are on your [steroid] cycle you will literally piss away. [The muscle will] all eventually leave the body as water."

Steroid use widespread, despite risks

They go to culinary school, they're going to piss away so much of their parent's money at the CIA because they think, 'I want to do this, I want to recreate that,' but you're not going to because you didn't learn the classics."

The catcher in the kitchen: imagine tasting a Picasso or a Rembrandt. It would be unbelievable if you could actually taste what they are trying to paint

Meanwhile, the only thing we can get really exercised about is ranting and raving over not being able to go to the pub on Good Friday to piss away our troubles - expect in Limerick of course.