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frighten the piss out of

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables
fright-en the pis-s out of
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To frighten thoroughly; to terrify.

British usage; Slang

Usage

Inflected Forms

frightens the piss out of (present, singular) frightening the piss out of (participle, present) frightened the piss out of (participle, past) frightened the piss out of (past)

Questions

What does frighten the piss out of mean?
To frighten thoroughly; to terrify.

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