on the piss

prepositional phrase

Drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.

“We're going out on the piss tonight. Want to come?”

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on the grogon the lashon the razzon the sauceon the turps
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKslangvulgarDrinking alcoholic beverages to excess.

    We're going out on the piss tonight. Want to come?

    1 more example

    Life is meaningless, when I've been on the piss.

    2008, Colin Shaddick, Isn't Sex Noisy, →ISBN, page 50

    Synonyms: on the grog, on the lash, on the razz, on the sauce, on the turps

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseDrinking alcoholic beverages to excess.

Similar
on the grogon the lashon the razzon the sauceon the turps
Also see
on the grogon the sauceon the turps

Origin

From on (“regularly taking”) + the + slang piss (“any alcoholic drink”).

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Cite this entry
APA

on the piss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20piss

MLA

“on the piss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20piss. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on the piss,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20piss.

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