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spit in the wind

spit in the wind is the alternative form of piss in the wind.

Meaning of piss in the wind

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.

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Forms of spit in the wind

third-person singular presentspits in the wind
present participlespitting in the wind
past participlespat in the wind
pastspat in the wind
past participlespit in the wind
pastspit in the wind

Questions about spit in the wind

What is spit in the wind the alternative form of?
Spit in the wind is the alternative form of piss in the wind.

Words near spit in the wind in the dictionary

  1. spit guards
  2. spit hood
  3. spit hoods
  4. spit in someone's face
  5. spit in the ocean
  6. spit in the wind
  7. spit into the wind
  8. spit it out
  9. spit jack
  10. spit jacks
  11. spit mask

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spit in the wind (page history and authors); piss in the wind (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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