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:
(Australia, Canada, US, countable, informal, uncountable) An act of urination.
I have to go for an urgent pee.
He was dying for a 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):
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:
The schoolboy called out to his friend while he was peeing in the urinal.
The delivery driver took a minute to pee in the woods between houses.
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:
(colloquial, intransitive, reflexive) To urinate. ▸ To urinate on oneself.
(colloquial, intransitive, transitive) To urinate. ▸ To urinate in or on something, particularly clothing.
I was so excited, I peed the bed!
(colloquial, intransitive, mildly, vulgar) To drizzle.
They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees. 1985, Stephen King, Paranoid: A Chant:
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:
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PeeCee (These words are more commonly written with capital letters (LP, TP, etc)) · teepee (These words are more commonly written with capital letters (LP, TP, etc)) · mind one's pees and cues (These words are more commonly written with capital letters (LP, TP, etc)) · pee bee and jay (These words are more commonly written with capital letters (LP, TP, etc)) · elpee (These words are more commonly written with capital letters (LP, TP, etc)) · veepee (These words are more commonly written with capital letters (LP, TP, etc)) · peejays (These words are more commonly written with capital letters (LP, TP, etc))
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ru пи (name of the letter P, p) · my ပီ (name of the letter P, p) · cy pi (name of the letter P, p) · gl pe (name of the letter P, p) · af pee (name of the letter P, p) · ga pé (name of the letter P, p) · ar بِيه (name of the letter P, p) · hu pé (name of the letter P, p) · ar بِي (name of the letter P, p) · th พี (name of the letter P, p) · oc pe (name of the letter P, p) · ast pe (name of the letter P, p) · la pē (name of the letter P, p) · pl pe (name of the letter P, p) · vi pê (name of the letter P, p) · ga peith (name of the letter P, p) · el πι (name of the letter P, p) · ms pi (name of the letter P, p) · ca pe (name of the letter P, p) · bn পি (name of the letter P, p) · is pé (name of the letter P, p) · ja ピー (name of the letter P, p) · vi pờ (name of the letter P, p) · es pe (name of the letter P, p) · pt pê (name of the letter P, p) · fr pé (name of the letter P, p) · haw pī (name of the letter P, p) · mr पी (name of the letter P, p) · io pe (name of the letter P, p) · ar پِي (name of the letter P, p) · mk пе (name of the letter P, p) · fi pee (name of the letter P, p) · tr pe (name of the letter P, p) · fo pe (name of the letter P, p) · ko 피 (name of the letter P, p) · cs pé (name of the letter P, p) · bg пе (name of the letter P, p) · ru пэ (name of the letter P, p) · hi पी (name of the letter P, p) · eo po (name of the letter P, p)