Meanings
plural pisstakes
- 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 3052 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 116Very 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
present singular third person pisstakes · participle present pisstaking · past pisstook · participle past pisstaken
- 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, →ISBN3 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 78electric 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 34Richard 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
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pisstake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pisstake
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