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pissing up

pissing up is the present participle and gerund of piss up.

Meaning 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

Questions about pissing up

What is pissing up the present participle and gerund of?
Pissing up is the present participle and gerund of piss up.

Words near pissing up in the dictionary

  1. pissing out one's ass
  2. pissing post
  3. pissing posts
  4. pissing something up the wall
  5. pissing the Pope off
  6. pissing up
  7. pissing war
  8. pissing wars
  9. pissings
  10. pisskey
  11. Pisslam

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