pissing contest en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: a competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall.
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(slang, vulgar) A pointless competition, dispute or conflict, often over some trivial matter.
I'm not getting into a pissing contest with him over who has the fastest car.
She won him in a pissing contest.
1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes: A Memoir, Scribner, →ISBN:Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Yeah, it's not a big deal. I lobbied for fuel-cell technology on Capitol Hill. I'm friends with Sandy Bullock, really good friends. Who cares? It's not a pissing contest, right, J?
2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pissing contests | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
pissing match (pointless competition or dispute) · pissing war (pointless competition or dispute) · dick-measuring contest (pointless competition or dispute) · shitting match (pointless competition or dispute)
Translations (15)
fi pissauskilpailu (competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall) · it piscio in lungo (pointless competition) · pl konkurs sikania (competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall) · cmn 尿尿比賽 /尿尿比赛 (competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall) · cmn 雞毛蒜皮 /鸡毛蒜皮 (pointless competition) · cmn 口水戰 /口水战 (pointless competition) · cmn 無謂之爭 /无谓之争 (pointless competition) · sv tuppfäktning (pointless competition) · tl pataasan ng ihi (pointless competition) · fr concours de bites (pointless competition) · tl pataasan ng ihi (competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall) · fi kusemiskilpailu (competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall) · fi kauneuskilpailu (pointless competition) · tr sidik yarışı (pointless competition) · pl konkurs piękności (pointless competition)