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piss up

piss up is the alternative spelling of piss-up.

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive, vulgar) to screw up, make a mess of
  2. (informal, intransitive, vulgar) to blunder, to make a mistake

Meaning of piss-up

Noun

piss-up (plural piss-ups)

  1. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, slang, vulgar) A party where people consume alcohol.
    • . . . passed: all bullshitted up for the pictures or a piss-up in the town.1950, Jocelyn Greene, The Goose Cathedral, The Bodley Head, page 14

Forms of piss up

Noun
pluralpiss ups
Verb
third-person singular presentpisses up
present participlepissing up
past participlepissed up
pastpissed up

Questions about piss up

What does piss up mean?
Piss up means to screw up, make a mess of.
What is piss up the alternative spelling of?
Piss up is the alternative spelling of piss-up.
What part of speech is piss up?
Piss up is a verb.
What is the past tense of piss up?
The past tense of piss up is pissed up.

Words near piss up in the dictionary

  1. piss shy
  2. piss slit
  3. piss slits
  4. piss something up the wall
  5. piss the Pope off
  6. piss up
  7. piss up a rope
  8. piss up a wall
  9. piss ups
  10. piss water
  11. piss weak

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