"piss about" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-piss about.ogg Forms: pisses about [present, singular, third-person], pissing about [participle, present], pissed about [participle, past], pissed about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} piss about (third-person singular simple present pisses about, present participle pissing about, simple past and past participle pissed about)
  1. (vulgar, idiomatic) To joke or play. Tags: idiomatic, vulgar
    Sense id: en-piss_about-en-verb-wmXy6gZe
  2. (vulgar, idiomatic) To misbehave; to act foolishly. Tags: idiomatic, vulgar
    Sense id: en-piss_about-en-verb-VcmfDeZS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "about", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "about": 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fuck about, fuck around, mess about, mess around, piss around

Inflected forms

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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(vulgar, idiomatic) To joke or play."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "vulgar"
      ]
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        "To misbehave; to act foolishly."
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          "foolishly",
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        "(vulgar, idiomatic) To misbehave; to act foolishly."
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      "word": "mess about"
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    },
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      "form": "pissed about",
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        "To joke or play."
      ],
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        "(vulgar, idiomatic) To joke or play."
      ],
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        "vulgar"
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        "English idioms",
        "English vulgarities"
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        "To misbehave; to act foolishly."
      ],
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          "misbehave"
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        "(vulgar, idiomatic) To misbehave; to act foolishly."
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    {
      "word": "fuck about"
    },
    {
      "word": "fuck around"
    },
    {
      "word": "mess about"
    },
    {
      "word": "mess around"
    },
    {
      "word": "piss around"
    }
  ],
  "word": "piss about"
}

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