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horse piss en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɔɹs.pɪs/ rhotic
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈhɔːs.pɪs/ non-rhotic

Etymology

In sense of lies or nonsense: by analogy with horseshit and bullshit.

Meanings

  1. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see horse, piss: urine from a horse.
    • “Maybe you could,” Longarm said, “but I'm gonna soak 'em in whiskey and horse piss as soon as I have a drink and leave.” Her jaw dropped. “You're gonna soak your balls in whiskey and horse piss?” Longarm nodded. “Yep! That's an old ... 2009, Tabor Evans, Longarm 371: Longarm and Sierra Sue, Penguin, →ISBN:
    • "This rice wine tastes like horse piss," Tabei said in a loud voice. No reply. "Is it like horse piss or isn't it?" he demanded of the old man. "Horse piss? When I was young I drank it, put my mouth under the stallion's thing there. That's no lie. 2001, Herbert J. Batt, Tales of Tibet: Sky Burials, Prayer Wheels, and Wind Horses, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 117:
    • 'Peterstrasse,' he announced after a moment. 'Horse piss corner!' 'What?' 'Horse piss. Horse piss corner, we used to call it in the old days. There was a stable up here. On winter mornings, the horse piss used to come pouring in here by the litre , ... 2014, Leo Kessler, Devil's Shield: SS Wotan's Desperate Defense of Aachen, Benchmark Publishing, →ISBN:
  2. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) Lies, untruths.
  3. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) Nonsense, gibberish.
  4. (uncountable) An unpalatable alcoholic beverage.
  5. (uncountable) An unpalatable alcoholic beverage. ▸ Cheap beer.

Coordinates

cowpiss

Relateds

piss like a racehorse