"pissing contest" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-pissing contest.ogg Forms: pissing contests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=pissing contest}} pissing contest (plural pissing contests)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: a competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall. Translations (competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall): 尿尿比賽 (Chinese Mandarin), 尿尿比赛 (niàoniào bǐsài) (Chinese Mandarin), kusemiskilpailu (Finnish), pissauskilpailu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-pissing_contest-en-noun-Sk7kTqWV Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename Disambiguation of 'competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall': 75 25
  2. (vulgar, slang) A pointless competition, dispute or conflict, often over some trivial matter. Tags: slang, vulgar Synonyms (pointless competition or dispute): pissing match, pissing war, shitting match, dick-measuring contest Translations (pointless competition): 無謂之爭 (Chinese Mandarin), 无谓之争 (wúwèizhīzhēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 雞毛蒜皮 (Chinese Mandarin), 鸡毛蒜皮 (jīmáosuànpí) (Chinese Mandarin), 口水戰 (Chinese Mandarin), 口水战 (kǒushuǐzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), kauneuskilpailu (Finnish), concours de bite [masculine] (French), tuppfäktning (Swedish), sidik yarışı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pissing_contest-en-noun-qCmSuc4j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of 'pointless competition or dispute': 19 81 Disambiguation of 'pointless competition': 20 80

Inflected forms

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