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pisshead

pisshead noun: a person who regularly overindulges in alcoholic drink.

Noun

pisshead (plural pissheads)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar) A person who regularly overindulges in alcoholic drink.
  2. (US, derogatory, slang, vulgar) A stupid or obnoxious person.
    • Sergeant Eller faced him. "Take a swing at me, I don't have a knife! Go ahead, you oversized pisshead!"
      "Who you calling a pisshead?" the man demanded.
      "You, you ugly pisshead!" Sergeant Eller declared.
      The large convict swung a ham-like fist!2000, C. E. Albertson, Beneath the Southern Cross, page 50

Synonyms of pisshead

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Forms of pisshead

pluralpissheads

Origin of pisshead

From piss (“alcohol”) + -head.

Questions about pisshead

What does pisshead mean?
Pisshead means a person who regularly overindulges in alcoholic drink.
What part of speech is pisshead?
Pisshead is a noun.
What is the plural of pisshead?
The plural of pisshead is pissheads.

Words near pisshead in the dictionary

  1. pissface
  2. pissfaces
  3. pissfart
  4. pissgirl
  5. pissgirls
  6. pisshead
  7. pissheads
  8. pisshole
  9. pissholes
  10. pisshouse
  11. pisshouses

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