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pissing war

pissing war noun: an often vicious conflict in which combatants contend for dominance over certain territory.

Noun

pissing war (plural pissing wars)

  1. An often vicious conflict in which combatants contend for dominance over certain territory.
  2. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) An immature dispute over some trivial matter.
    Synonyms:
    pissing contest

Synonyms of pissing war

Forms of pissing war

pluralpissing wars

Origin of pissing war

The phrase is derived from the territorial behaviour of certain animals, such as male cats, which mark territorial claims with urine.

Questions about pissing war

What does pissing war mean?
Pissing war means an often vicious conflict in which combatants contend for dominance over certain territory.
What part of speech is pissing war?
Pissing war is a noun.
What is the plural of pissing war?
The plural of pissing war is pissing wars.

Words near pissing war in the dictionary

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

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