pee

plural pees

1. countableinformaluncountableUrine.

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   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.

   2024 February 17 (last accessed), Jenny Morber, “Scientists turn pee into power in Uganda”, in Upworthy Science, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2024

2. AustraliaCanadaUScountableinformaluncountableAn act of urination.

   He was dying for a pee.

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   I have to go for an urgent pee.

   Um, by the way, make sure everyone knows if the papal envoy says "We desire to wash our hands", that means he wants to go and have a pee (laugh track)... Yes, a Royal wee (laugh track) — followed by a Royal flush (laugh track).

   1987 December 17, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “A Diplomatic Incident”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 2, episode 3, spoken by Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds)

present singular third person pees · participle present peeing · participle past peed · past peed

1. colloquialintransitiveTo urinate.

   The delivery driver took a minute to pee in the woods between houses.

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   The schoolboy called out to his friend while he was peeing in the urinal.

   I've always wondered whether you could drink slowly enough, and eliminate fast enough, that you just sort of peed continuously. But I'm afraid to try because I worry someone might call while I'm doing it and ask what I'm up to, and I won't be able to think of a lie.

   2011 December 5, Randall Munroe, “Drinking Fountains”, in xkcd

   You're peeing more than eight or so times per day, and when you need to go, you need to go.

   2026, Kevin Dupzyk, “The Semi-Complete User's Guide to Your Prostate”, in Men's Health, volume 41, number 2, page 20

   1. colloquialintransitivereflexiveTo urinate on oneself.
   2. colloquialintransitivetransitiveTo urinate in or on something, particularly clothing.

      I was so excited, I peed the bed!

2. colloquialintransitivemildlyvulgarTo drizzle.

   It's peeing with rain.

plural pees

1. 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.

   1985, Stephen King, Paranoid: A Chant

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   It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."

   2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170

1. IrelandUKcolloquialPence; penny (a quantity of money)

   I bought these carrots for fifty pee.

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   I can't afford that — I'm one pee short.

   Synonyms: p, pence, p, penny

plural pees

1. nauticalThe bill of an anchor.

plural pees · alternative pea

1. The sliding weight on a steelyard.

plural Pees

1. A surname.

plural Pees

1. Alternative letter-case form of pee.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble (a North Korean orchestra).