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piss-taking

piss-taking is the present participle and gerund of piss-take.

Meaning of piss-take

Noun

piss-take (plural piss-takes)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar) An instance of taking the piss.
    • You don't mind me saying this, but this is not a piss-take, is it? Because I know a few impressionists and you could be one of them.2012, Roy Chubby Brown, Common As Muck!: The Autobiography of Roy 'Chubby' Brown, →ISBN
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar) A parody.
    • The slogan reminds me of Team America, the puppet piss-take of Bush era military interventionism brought to you by the creators of Whale Whores ('America: fuck, yeah!'). But this is no piss-take.2014, Sam Vincent, Blood and Guts: Dispatches from the Whale Wars, →ISBN
  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar) An unpleasant situation that is comparable to a parody.
    • this job is a piss take.

Adjective

piss-taking (comparative more piss-taking, superlative most piss-taking)

  1. (slang, vulgar) Characterized by or typical of mockery.
    • It turned out that the boss was a right piss-taking (and fat) twat and was trying to use me.2009, Ian Freeman, Stuart Wheatman, Roy Pretty Boy' Shaw, The Cage Fighter - The True Story of Ian 'The Machine' Freeman, →ISBN
    • We start with Catullus and Juvenal, and I'm struck by how modern it all seems, how piss-taking, undeferential, sly, sarcastic and satirical.2012, Grant Gordon, Cobras in the Rough, →ISBN

Forms of piss-taking

comparativemore piss-taking
superlativemost piss-taking

Questions about piss-taking

What does piss-taking mean?
Piss-taking means characterized by or typical of mockery.
What is piss-taking the present participle and gerund of?
Piss-taking is the present participle and gerund of piss-take.
What part of speech is piss-taking?
Piss-taking is an adjective.

Words near piss-taking in the dictionary

  1. piss-take
  2. piss-taker
  3. piss-takers
  4. piss-takery
  5. piss-takes
  6. piss-taking
  7. piss-the-bed
  8. piss-the-beds
  9. piss-up
  10. piss-ups
  11. piss-warm

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