"piss-up" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-piss-up.ogg [Australia] Forms: piss-ups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} piss-up (plural piss-ups)
  1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A party where people consume alcohol. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, slang, vulgar Categories (topical): Alcoholism, Drinking Derived forms: couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery Related terms: piss, pissed [adjective] Translations (a party with plenty of alcohol): ožíračka [feminine] (Czech), kalba [feminine] (Czech), cervejada [feminine] (Portuguese), пья́нка (pʹjánka) [feminine] (Russian), попо́йка (popójka) [feminine] (Russian), нажира́лово (nažirálovo) [neuter] (Russian), бу́хач (búxač) [masculine] (Russian), fyllefest [common-gender] (Swedish)

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