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piss-up en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, slang, vulgar) A party where people consume alcohol.
   • Last night a bunch of them turned out to a pub near Edgeware [sic] Road tube (where a few of them had helped treat the injured on the 7th), and we had a good old-fashioned piss-up courtesy of Europhobia's generous readers. 2005, Tim Worstall, 2005: Dispatches from the Blogosphere, The Friday Project, p 228
   • Therefore with the blessing of Lizzie (herself too upset to attend) Rupert had arranged a sort of pre-wake piss-up in the function room of his London club with a malt whisky tasting, several real ales on tap and a takeaway curry delivered. 2010, Ben Elton, Meltdown, page 202:
   • . . . passed: all bullshitted up for the pictures or a piss-up in the town. 1950, Jocelyn Greene, The Goose Cathedral, The Bodley Head, page 14:

Forms

Deriveds

couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery

Relateds

pissed · piss

Translations (8)

ru пья́нка (a party with plenty of alcohol) · ru бу́хач (a party with plenty of alcohol) · ru нажира́лово (a party with plenty of alcohol) · cs kalba (a party with plenty of alcohol) · sv fyllefest (a party with plenty of alcohol) · pt cervejada (a party with plenty of alcohol) · cs ožíračka (a party with plenty of alcohol) · ru попо́йка (a party with plenty of alcohol)