Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pissing contest

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: piss-ing -con-test
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: a competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall.

noun

A pointless competition, dispute or conflict, often over some trivial matter.

Slang

Example Sentences

"I'm not getting into a pissing contest with him over who has the fastest car."
"She won him in a pissing contest."
"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?"

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

pissing contests (plural)

Synonyms

pissing match pissing war shitting match dick-measuring contest

Questions

What does pissing contest mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: a competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall.

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