"piss and moan" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-piss and moan.ogg [Australia] Forms: pisses and moans [present, singular, third-person], pissing and moaning [participle, present], pissed and moaned [participle, past], pissed and moaned [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|piss<> and moan<>}} piss and moan (third-person singular simple present pisses and moans, present participle pissing and moaning, simple past and past participle pissed and moaned)
  1. (vulgar, idiomatic, derogatory) To complain, especially needlessly and loudly. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, vulgar

Download JSON data for piss and moan meaning in English (2.1kB)

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