pee

noun, verb — 10 senses

pee

noun

/ˈpiː/

Etymology The initial letter of piss. Compare eff.

1

Informal Urine.

  • With conventional fuel cells as their model, researchers learned to use similar chemical reactions to make a fuel from microbes in pee.[…]They got to use new, clean toilets lit by the power of their own pee.[…]Microorganisms that feed on nutrients in urine can be used in a microbial fuel cell that generates electricity – or "pee power," as the Sesame girls called it.2024 February 17 (last accessed), Jenny Morber, “Scientists turn pee into power in Uganda”, in Upworthy Science:
2

Australia, Canada, US, Informal An act of urination.

  • He was dying for a pee.
  • I have to go for an urgent pee.
1 more example
  • Um, by the way, make sure everyone knows if the papal envoy says "We desire to wash our hands", that means he wants to go and have a pee (laugh track)... Yes, a Royal wee (laugh track) — followed by a Royal flush (laugh track).1987 December 17, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “A Diplomatic Incident”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 2, episode 3, spoken by Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds):
Synonyms
urine
Derived terms
bush pee, gnat's pee, hold one's pee, pee bottle, peecycling, peehole, peemergency, pee-on, pee-pee, pee play, pee pot, pee shivers, pee shy, take the pee, white pee, wilderpee
Coordinate terms
poo

pee

verb

Etymology The initial letter of piss. Compare eff.

1

Colloquial To urinate.

  • The schoolboy called out to his friend while he was peeing in the urinal.
  • The delivery driver took a minute to pee in the woods between houses.
2 more examples
  • I've always wondered whether you could drink slowly enough, and eliminate fast enough, that you just sort of peed continuously. But I'm afraid to try because I worry someone might call while I'm doing it and ask what I'm up to, and I won't be able to think of a lie.2011 December 5, Randall Munroe, “Drinking Fountains”, in xkcd:
  • You're peeing more than eight or so times per day, and when you need to go, you need to go.2026, Kevin Dupzyk, “The Semi-Complete User's Guide to Your Prostate”, in Men's Health, volume 41, number 2, page 20:
2

Colloquial To urinate on oneself.

3

Colloquial To urinate in or on something, particularly clothing.

  • I was so excited, I peed the bed!
4

Colloquial, Mildly, Vulgar To drizzle.

  • It's peeing with rain.
Synonyms
wee, urinate
Derived terms
don't pee in the wind and tell me it's raining, don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining, pee-er, pee in one's pants, pee in someone's cereal, pee in someone's cornflakes, pee in the wind, pee into the wind, pee like a racehorse, pee off, pee oneself, pee one's pants, pee on someone's chips, pee on someone's cornflakes, stand-to-pee, wilderpee
Coordinate terms
poo

pee

noun
1

The name of the Latin script letter P/p.

  • They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees.1985, Stephen King, Paranoid: A Chant:
  • It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
Derived terms
elpee, mind one's pees and cues, pee bee and jay, PeeCee, peejays, teepee, veepee

pee

noun

Etymology Spelling of the abbreviation p of pence.

1

Ireland, UK, Colloquial Pence; penny (a quantity of money)

  • I bought these carrots for fifty pee.
  • I can't afford that — I'm one pee short.
Synonyms
p, pence, penny

pee

noun

Etymology See peak.

1

Nautical, Transport The bill of an anchor.

pee

noun
1

The sliding weight on a steelyard.

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