pisstake

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/ˈpɪsteɪk/

A form of piss-take — An instance of taking the piss.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounpisstake (plural pisstakes)

plural pisstakes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of piss-take.

    They were lowbrow pastiche. The Adventures of Vicarage Leadbetter, a low-budget pisstake of Sherlock Holmes written for Radio Four.

    2009, Maddox Kent, The Writing Class, →ISBN, page 305
    2 more examples

    The passing of time clearly did nothing to erode his affection since he included tracks from both among his interval music when touring in 2004: Eno's wicked Ferry pisstake Dead Finks Don't Talk', the fuzzy assault of 'Here Come The Warm Jets' and the blissful, drowsy 'taking Tiger Mountain'.

    2012, Simon Goddard, Mozipedia: The Encyclopedia of Morrissey and The Smiths, →ISBN, page 116

    Very often the topic for the “pisstake” is sexual, though it can be anything—the more personal, sharper and apposite the better. The soul of wit for them is disparaging relevance: the persistent searching out of weakness.

    2014, Mitchell Duneier, Philip Kasinitz, Alexandra Murphy, The Urban Ethnography Reader, →ISBN, page 340
verbpisstake (third-person singular simple present pisstakes, present participle pisstaking, simple past pisstook, past participle pisstaken)

present singular third person pisstakes · participle present pisstaking · past pisstook · participle past pisstaken

  1. alternativeAlternative form of take the piss.

    It was all laughter and pisstaking as we boarded via the back ramp and into the smell of diesel and carbon monoxide inside the tank deck.

    2010, Rob Maylor, SAS Sniper: The Rob Maylor story, →ISBN
    3 more examples

    The internal dynamics of the group itself may be extremely violent, for violence and pisstaking are inextricably linked, and each are involved in the central sphere of having a laff (Willis 1988: 29).

    2000, Garry Robson, No One Likes Us, We Don't Care, →ISBN, page 78

    electric shaolin immersed in hank williams rockabilly licks altering from slight tinny emanations / to pisstake metal induced crowd to behave together in pub sing song / as if all were bardic poets raising black pints of swill

    2008, Peter Rose, The Best Australian Poems 2008, →ISBN, page 34

    Richard deflected the pisstaking by pointing out Jim's pants, which had a logo, which said, ' Caution Long Vehicle.' The general opinion was this was an over-optimistic assessment.

    2009, George Same, Yxsy Glyxsy, →ISBN, page 283
Cite this entry
APA

pisstake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pisstake

MLA

“pisstake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pisstake. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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