What does "pee" mean?
Urine.
Pee
/ˈpiː/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Urine.
- Grammar: pee is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: urine, urinate, wee, go.
- Useful contrasts: feces.
- Usage evidence: "I have to pee." "Jonny, that's not the right thing to say. Say, 'Excuse me. I need to go to the toilet.'"
How to use "pee"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Urine. countable, informal, uncountable
"With conventional fuel cells as their model, researchers learned to use similar chemical reactions to make a fuel from microbes in pee.[…]They got to use new, clean toilets lit by the power of their own pee.[…]Microorganisms that feed on nutrients in urine can be used in a microbial fuel cell that generates electricity – or "pee power," as the Sesame girls called it."
- 2 The name of the Latin script letter P/p.
"They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees."
- 3 Pence; penny (a quantity of money) British, Ireland, colloquial
"I bought these carrots for fifty pee."
- 4 The bill of an anchor.
- 5 The sliding weight on a steelyard.
Show 4 more definitions
- 6 Alternative letter-case form of pee. alt-of
- 7 informal terms for urination wordnet
- 8 An act of urination. Australia, Canada, US, countable, informal, uncountable
"He was dying for a pee."
- 9 liquid excretory product wordnet
Verb
- 1 To urinate. colloquial, intransitive
"The schoolboy called out to his friend while he was peeing in the urinal."
- 2 eliminate urine wordnet
- 3 To urinate.; To urinate on oneself. colloquial, intransitive, reflexive
"See there! A son is born And we pronounce him fit to fight There are blackheads on his shoulders And he pees himself in the night."
- 4 To urinate.; To urinate in or on something, particularly clothing. colloquial, intransitive, transitive
"I was so excited, I peed the bed!"
- 5 To drizzle. colloquial, intransitive, mildly, vulgar
"It's peeing with rain."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 Initialism of Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble (a North Korean orchestra). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Antonyms
Example
""I have to pee." "Jonny, that's not the right thing to say. Say, 'Excuse me. I need to go to the toilet.'""
Common questions
What is a synonym for "pee"?
Common synonyms include: urine, urinate, wee, go, make, make water.
How do you use "pee" in a sentence?
"I have to pee." "Jonny, that's not the right thing to say. Say, 'Excuse me. I need to go to the toilet.'"
How do you pronounce "pee"?
Pronounced /ˈpiː/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
The initial letter of piss. Compare eff.
Etymology 2
Spelling of the abbreviation p of pence.
Etymology 3
See peak.
Etymology 4
Variant of Pea.