"pissing war" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-pissing war.ogg [Australia] Forms: pissing wars [plural]
Etymology: The phrase is derived from the territorial behaviour of certain animals, such as male cats, which mark territorial claims with urine. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=pissing war}} pissing war (plural pissing wars)
  1. An often vicious conflict in which combatants contend for dominance over certain territory.
    Sense id: en-pissing_war-en-noun-xoS-RPGM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25
  2. (idiomatic, vulgar, slang) An immature dispute over some trivial matter. Tags: idiomatic, slang, vulgar Synonyms (pointless competition or dispute): pissing contest
    Sense id: en-pissing_war-en-noun-iGzsba9H Disambiguation of 'pointless competition or dispute': 20 80

Inflected forms

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