piss about

piss about
phrasal verb piss about or piss around
Word forms "piss about":
present tense I/you/we/they piss about he/she/it pisses about present participle pissing about past tense pissed about past participle pissed about British impolite
1) [intransitive] to behave in a silly way that annoys other people

Will you two stop pissing around!

2) [intransitive] to waste time by doing things that are silly or not important

We spent the day just pissing around beside the pool.

3) piss someone about/around
[transitive] to treat someone in an unfair way, for example by wasting their time

They've pissed me about so much that I don't want to work for them again.


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  • piss about — ● piss * * * ˌpiss aˈbout/aˈround derived (BrE) to waste time by behaving in a silly way  A more polite, informal way of saying this is mess about (BrE …   Useful english dictionary

  • piss about — ► piss about/around Brit. mess around. Main Entry: ↑piss …   English terms dictionary

  • piss about/around — [phrasal verb] Brit informal + impolite 1 : to spend time doing things that are not useful or serious : to waste time She didn t come all this way just to piss about. Don t piss around with your health–see a doctor! It s time we stopped pissing… …   Useful english dictionary

  • piss about/around — ► piss about/around Brit. mess around. Main Entry: ↑piss …   English terms dictionary

  • piss about — verb a) to joke or play b) to misbehave; to act foolishly Syn: fuck about, fuck around, mess about, mess around, piss around …   Wiktionary

  • piss about* —   v. Behave feebly and to no good purpose. Also piss arse about.* …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • Piss about — mess about …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • piss about — Australian Slang mess about …   English dialects glossary

  • piss about/around — Brit. mess around. → piss …   English new terms dictionary

  • piss about/around — vb a vulgar version of mess about …   Contemporary slang

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