"take a piss" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: takes a piss [present, singular, third-person], taking a piss [participle, present], took a piss [past], taken a piss [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,took,taken>}} take a piss (third-person singular simple present takes a piss, present participle taking a piss, simple past took a piss, past participle taken a piss)
  1. (idiomatic, mildly vulgar) To urinate, especially of a male person. Tags: idiomatic, mildly, vulgar Related terms: take the piss
    Sense id: en-take_a_piss-en-verb-7JYw1T-z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: take a leak, take a whiz, break the seal, hit the head, micturate, pass water, pee, piddle [British], piss [vulgar], slash [British], take a leak, take a piss, take a whiz, tinkle, urinate, void, wee [childish], wee wee [childish], widdle [British], whiz

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "takes a piss",
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking a piss",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took a piss",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken a piss",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        {
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      "glosses": [
        "To urinate, especially of a male person."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_a_piss-en-verb-7JYw1T-z",
      "links": [
        [
          "urinate",
          "urinate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, mildly vulgar) To urinate, especially of a male person."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "take the piss"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "take a leak"
        },
        {
          "word": "take a whiz"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "break the seal"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "hit the head"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "micturate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "pass water"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "pee"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "tags": [
            "British"
          ],
          "word": "piddle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "piss"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "tags": [
            "British"
          ],
          "word": "slash"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "take a leak"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "take a piss"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "take a whiz"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "tinkle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "urinate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "void"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "tags": [
            "childish"
          ],
          "word": "wee"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "tags": [
            "childish"
          ],
          "word": "wee wee"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "tags": [
            "British"
          ],
          "word": "widdle"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
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        }
      ],
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        "mildly",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took a piss",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "taken a piss",
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        "participle",
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    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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        "To urinate, especially of a male person."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, mildly vulgar) To urinate, especially of a male person."
      ],
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          "word": "take a leak"
        },
        {
          "word": "take a whiz"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "break the seal"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "hit the head"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "micturate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "pass water"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "pee"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "tags": [
            "British"
          ],
          "word": "piddle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "piss"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "tags": [
            "British"
          ],
          "word": "slash"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "take a leak"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "take a piss"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "take a whiz"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "tinkle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "urinate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "void"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "tags": [
            "childish"
          ],
          "word": "wee"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "tags": [
            "childish"
          ],
          "word": "wee wee"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "tags": [
            "British"
          ],
          "word": "widdle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:urinate",
          "word": "whiz"
        }
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}

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