"piss like a racehorse" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-piss like a racehorse.ogg [Australia] Forms: pisses like a racehorse [present, singular, third-person], pissing like a racehorse [participle, present], pissed like a racehorse [participle, past], pissed like a racehorse [past]
Etymology: An emphatic form of the earlier expression piss like a horse, due to the great volume of urine produced by horses every four hours or so. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} piss like a racehorse (third-person singular simple present pisses like a racehorse, present participle pissing like a racehorse, simple past and past participle pissed like a racehorse)
  1. (vulgar, idiomatic) To urinate profusely, especially in reference to a profound need to do so. Tags: idiomatic, vulgar Synonyms: piss like a horse, piss like a Russian racehorse Hypernyms: urinate Related terms: horse piss, work like a horse, eat like a horse, stale (english: to urinate, used of horses and cattle), my back teeth are floating
    Sense id: en-piss_like_a_racehorse-en-verb-dDWKo9mL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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