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piss in the wind

piss in the wind verb: to waste time on a pointless or fruitless task; do something that is ineffective or counterproductive.

Verb

piss in the wind (third-person singular simple present pisses in the wind, present participle pissing in the wind, simple past and past participle pissed in the wind)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic, vulgar) To waste time on a pointless or fruitless task; do something that is ineffective or counterproductive.
    • You can make a complaint if you like, but you'll just be pissing in the wind.

Noun

piss in the wind (countable and uncountable, plural pisses in the wind)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic, vulgar) One who or which is deemed irrelevant or useless.
    • Half assed for most his life / Done nothing but stand / Just because he's so small so / No one will give him a hand / The kinda guy that would steal your cast / And buy a burning house / Then call you up and invite you in / And jerk you off with a sandpaper hand / I'd leave him physically crippled...1991, Pantera, “Piss” (Groove Metal), Texas, published 2012, →OCLC, Texan English

Synonyms of piss in the wind

Forms of piss in the wind

Verb
third-person singular presentpisses in the wind
present participlepissing in the wind
past participlepissed in the wind
pastpissed in the wind
alternative formpiss into the wind
alternative formspit in the wind
alternative formspit into the wind
Noun
pluralpisses in the wind

Questions about piss in the wind

What does piss in the wind mean?
Piss in the wind means to waste time on a pointless or fruitless task; do something that is ineffective or counterproductive.
What part of speech is piss in the wind?
Piss in the wind can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of piss in the wind?
The past tense of piss in the wind is pissed in the wind.

Words near piss in the wind in the dictionary

  1. piss in someone's chips
  2. piss in someone's cornflakes
  3. piss in someone's pocket
  4. piss in the ocean
  5. piss in the popcorn
  6. piss in the wind
  7. piss into the wind
  8. piss it down
  9. piss like a horse
  10. piss like a racehorse
  11. piss like a Russian racehorse

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