Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piss in the wind

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: pis-s in the wind
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To waste time on a pointless or fruitless task; do something that is ineffective or counterproductive.

noun

One who or which is deemed irrelevant or useless.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"You can make a complaint if you like, but you'll just be pissing in the wind."
"Half assed for most his life / Done nothing but stand / Just because he's so small so / No one will give him a hand / The kinda guy that would steal your cast / And buy a burning house / Then call you up and invite you in / And jerk you off with a sandpaper hand / I'd leave him physically crippled / Without a leg to stand / I'd throw that trash away / Because a runt like that is piss in the wind / My fist would be the decider / I wasn't raised a fool / I'd stomp his ass for free / Because a punk like that is piss in the wind"

Usage

Inflected Forms

pisses in the wind (present, singular) pissing in the wind (participle, present) pissed in the wind (participle, past) pissed in the wind (past) piss into the wind (alternative) spit in the wind (alternative) spit into the wind (alternative) pisses in the wind (plural)

Synonyms

piss up a rope whistle in the wind fart in a windstorm

Questions

What does piss in the wind mean?: To waste time on a pointless or fruitless task; do something that is ineffective or counterproductive.

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