piss down
B1 slang intransitive
In simple words
It is raining a lot and very hard.
Literal meaning: To urinate downward — the heavy rain is compared to a stream of urine falling from the sky.
Meanings
1 B1
idiomatic
slang
To rain very heavily and steadily.
"We can't go to the park — it's been pissing down all morning."
Usage notes
Primarily British and Australian English. Always used impersonally with 'it' as the subject ('it's pissing down'). Vulgar — avoid in formal or professional contexts. Very common in everyday British speech about weather.
Commonly used with
rain outside weather umbrella forecast
Forms
Base
piss down
I/you/we/they
3rd person
pisses down
he/she/it
Past simple
pissed down
yesterday
Past participle
pissed down
have + pp
-ing form
pissing down
continuous
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