pisstake
/ˈpɪsteɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of piss-take.
verb
Example Sentences
- "They were lowbrow pastiche. The Adventures of Vicarage Leadbetter, a low-budget pisstake of Sherlock Holmes written for Radio Four."
- "The passing of time clearly did nothing to erode his affection since he included tracks from both among his interval music when touring in 2004: Eno's wicked Ferry pisstake Dead Finks Don't Talk', the fuzzy assault of 'Here Come The Warm Jets' and the blissful, drowsy 'taking Tiger Mountain'."
- "Very often the topic for the “pisstake” is sexual, though it can be anything—the more personal, sharper and apposite the better. The soul of wit for them is disparaging relevance: the persistent searching out of weakness."
- "The internal dynamics of the group itself may be extremely violent, for violence and pisstaking are inextricably linked, and each are involved in the central sphere of having a laff (Willis 1988: 29)."
- "electric shaolin immersed in hank williams rockabilly licks altering from slight tinny emanations / to pisstake metal induced crowd to behave together in pub sing song / as if all were bardic poets raising black pints of swill"
- "Richard deflected the pisstaking by pointing out Jim's pants, which had a logo, which said, ' Caution Long Vehicle.' The general opinion was this was an over-optimistic assessment."
Inflected Forms
pisstakes (plural)
pisstakes (present, singular)
pisstaking (participle, present)
pisstook (past)
pisstaken (participle, past)