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pee off en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From piss off, pee being the first letter of (and a euphemism for) piss.

Meanings

  1. (euphemistic, humorous, sometimes) Synonym of piss off (all senses)
    • 1973, Leo Simpson, The Peacock Papers, Macmillan, page 9 (dialogue): He pees me off on TV. Have we anything of his I could read? page 37 (dialogue): Pee off, this is a private conversation, hey?
    • 2005, "BC–The Cycling Geek", quoted in Graham Pond, London by London, The Friday Project Ltd (2005), →ISBN, page 150, Anyway, back to the red light point – it's knackering cycling around, and if one thing pees me off it's getting some good momentum up and then having to stop at a pedestrian crossing because someone's pressed the button then crossed anyway […]
    • 1984, William Goldman, The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway, Limelight Editions, →ISBN, page 131, I think, subconsciously, this is every performer's nightmare: that you're going to pee them off so much they're going to come up on stage and kill you.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
peeing off Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pees off Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
peed off Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
peed off Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

peed off

Synonyms

cheese off · trouble · chap someone's hide · raise someone's hackles · wind up · torque off · hack off · hassle · storm · molest · pee off · get someone's nanny · piss off · grate · sting · devil · cheese off · rankle · persecute · mommick · get on someone's nerves · put someone's back up · harsh one's mellow · get someone's goat · jazz · try one's patience · bother · get · irk · get on someone's tits · get someone's nanny-goat · get someone's dander up · disgruntle · rub someone the wrong way · annoy · irritate · acerbate · tee off · provoke · grotch · tick off · nerve · tick off · rile · antagonize · nettle · burn up · exasperate · boil someone's piss · vex · get up · rile up · roil · get someone's Irish up · piss off · frustrate · ruffle · peeve off · grind one's gears · tee off · burn someone's ass · bug · peeve · aggravate · test someone's patience · get under one's goat · nark · get under someone's skin · Idioms: · ruffle someone's feathers · give someone the shits · pique · botherate · rub up the wrong way · get someone's back up · get on someone's wick · bedevil