PISS-POOR

Meaning of PISS-POOR in English

If you describe something as piss-poor , you think it is of extremely poor quality. ( BRIT INFORMAL, RUDE )

...a piss-poor comedy directed by John Landis.

ADJ

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PISS-POOR — adjective Date: 1946 very bad ; extremely poor
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PISS-POOR — /pis"poor"/ , adj. Slang ( vulgar ). of extremely inferior or disappointing quality or rating. [ 1945-50 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PISS-POOR — adjective Date: 1946 sometimes vulgar : very bad : extremely poor
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PISS-POOR — Pronunciation: ' pis- ˌ pu ̇ r, - ˌ po ̇ r Function: adjective Date: 1946 sometimes vulgar : very …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PISS-POOR — piss-poor BrE AmE ˌpɪs ˈpɔː ◂ -ˈpʊə ◂ AmE \ -ˈpʊ ə r ◂ -ˈpɔːr ◂, -ˈpoʊr ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PISS-POOR — adjective ( taboo , slang ) 1. of a very low standard : That band really was piss-poor. 2. not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PISS-POOR — ˌpiss-ˈpoor BrE AmE adjective informal not polite very bad in quality: All the local beers were piss-poor imitations.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PISS-POOR — If you describe something as ~, you think it is of extremely poor quality. (BRIT INFORMAL, RUDE) ...a ~ comedy …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PISS-POOR — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The city's been doing a piss-poor job of serving its citizens.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PISS-POOR — Adj. Terrible, of low quality.
Slang English vocab
PISS-POOR — mod 1. (low) нищий 2. (Air Force sl) (о погоде) крайне неблагоприятная 3. (sl) недостаточный, неполноценный
Dirty English-Russian vocab
PISS POOR — (bad language) of poor quality, not well made Grandpa said, "That's a piss-poor tractor. Don't buy it."
English Idioms vocabulary
PISS POOR — adj AmE vulg sl This was a piss poor performance for a professional musician — Для профессионального музыканта это не игра, …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
PISS POOR — adj AmE vulg sl This was a piss poor performance for a professional musician — Для профессионального музыканта это не …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
PISS POOR — piss poor adj AmE vulg sl This was a piss poor performance for a professional musician Для профессионального музыканта это …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
PISS POOR — This was a piss poor performance for a professional musician — Для профессионального музыканта это не игра, а лажа This …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
PISS — v. pissar (-uore), urinar
English interlingue dictionary
PISS — ehe
English-Visayan vocabulary
POOR — I. ˈpu̇(ə)r, -u̇ə, esp South, NE, & Brit ˈpōə or ˈpō(ə)r or ˈpȯ(ə) or ˈpȯ(ə)r adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PISS — I. ˈpis verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pissiare, of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POOR — — poorness , n. /poor/ , adj., poorer, poorest , n. adj. 1. having little or no money, goods, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PISS — /pis/ , n. , v. pissed, pissing . Vulgar. n. 1. urine. 2. take a piss , to urinate. v.i. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POOR — superl free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. 2. poor ·superl inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse. 3. …
Webster English vocab
PISS — noun urine. 2. piss ·vt & ·vi to discharge urine, to urinate.
Webster English vocab
POOR — [poor] adj [ME poure, fr. OF povre, fr. L pauper; akin to L paucus little and to L parere to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PISS — [piss] vb [ME, fr. OF pissier, fr. (assumed) VL pissiare, of imit. origin] vi (14c): urinate--sometimes considered vulgar ~ vt: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POOR — poor BrE AmE pɔː pʊə AmE pʊ ə r pɔːr, poʊr — Preference poll, British English: pɔː 74%, pʊə 26% …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PISS — piss BrE AmE pɪs ▷ pissed pɪst ▷ pisses ˈpɪs ɪz -əz ▷ pissing ˈpɪs ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POOR — / pɔː(r); pʊə(r); NAmE pɔːr; pʊr/ adjective ( poor·er , poor·est ) HAVING LITTLE MONEY 1. having very little money; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PISS — / pɪs; NAmE / verb , noun ( taboo , slang ) ■ verb [ v ] to urinate HELP …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POOR — poor S1 W1 /pɔː $ pʊr/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative poorer , superlative poorest ) [ Date: 1100-1200 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PISS — I. piss 1 /pɪs/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] spoken not polite [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POOR — adj. 1 lacking adequate money or means to live comfortably. 2 (foll. by in) deficient in (a possession or quality) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PISS — v. & n. coarse sl. °Usually considered a taboo word. --v. 1 intr. urinate. 2 tr. a discharge (blood etc.) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POOR — adj. 1 lacking adequate money or means to live comfortably. 2 (foll. by in) deficient in (a possession or quality) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PISS — v. & n. coarse sl. °Usually considered a taboo word. v. 1 intr. urinate. 2 tr. a discharge (blood etc.) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POOR — adj.1 lacking adequate money or means to live comfortably. 2 (foll. by in) deficient in (a possession or quality) (the …
Oxford English vocab
PISS — v. & n. coarse sl. Usage: Usually considered a taboo word. --v. 1. intr. urinate. 2 tr. a discharge (blood …
Oxford English vocab
POOR — ( poorer, poorest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PISS — ( pisses, pissing, pissed) 1. To piss means to urinate. ( INFORMAL, RUDE ) VERB : V 2. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PISS — (~es, ~ing, ~ed) 1. To ~ means to urinate. (INFORMAL, RUDE) VERB: V 2. If someone has a ~, they …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POOR — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bad/poor investment ▪ The shares turned out to be a poor investment. a bad/poor/disastrous …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PISS — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES get...pissed off ▪ You get really pissed off applying for jobs all the time. piss …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POOR — (DESERVING SYMPATHY) [adjective] [before noun; not gradable] - deserving sympathyLook at that dog - the poor thing has only got …
Cambridge English vocab
POOR — Synonyms and related words : DP, Lenten, Mickey Mouse, Spartan, abject, abominable, abstemious, against, amateurish, arrant, artless, ascetic, atrocious, attenuated, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PISS — n 1. urine. ("He got piss on the floor.") -v 1. to urinate. ("I had to go piss.") 2. to …
Slang English vocab
PISS — He will piss when he can't whistle; he will be hanged. He shall not piss my money against the wall; …
Slang English vocab
POOR — n. dirt poor poor relation poor spirited
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
POOR — n. Function: adjective 1 lacking money or material possessions FF1C; they were so poor that the children had no winter …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
POOR — adjective 1. lacking money or material possessions they were so poor that the children had no winter coats Synonyms: beggared, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
POOR — INDEX: 1. having very little money 2. having very little money at the present time 3. having fewer opportunities in …
Longman Activator English vocab
PISS — • ↑ take the piss
Longman Activator English vocab
POOR — n. 25B6; adjective a poor family : POVERTY-STRICKEN, penniless, moneyless, impoverished, necessitous, impecunious, indigent, needy, destitute, pauperized, on one's beam-ends, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PISS — n (vulg) L моча 2. мочеиспускание (usu do/have/take a piss) 3. старое пиво 4. любой некачественный алкогольный напиток v 1. …
Dirty English-Russian vocab
POOR — adj. 1 needy, destitute, indigent, in want, in need, penniless, poverty-stricken, impoverished, badly off, necessitous, poor as a church-mouse, straitened, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
POOR — The general kindly spirit of the law toward the poor is sufficiently shown by such passages as (15:7) for the …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
POOR — adjective BAD : He gave all his money to the poors. GOOD : He gave all his money to the …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
POOR — 1. прил. 1) а) бедный, малоимущий, неимущий Syn : hard up, underprivileged, unemployable, needy, indigent, destitute Ant : privileged, upper-class, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PISS — 1. сущ. 1) моча Syn : urine 2) мочеиспускание 3) сл. старое пиво 4) сл. любой некачественный алкогольный напиток on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POOR — poor.ogg 1. pʋə n (the poor) собир. бедные, бедняки, беднота; неимущие the poor and the rich - бедные и богатые …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PISS — 1. pıs n груб. моча piss and vinegar - жизненная сила, здоровье, энергия; напористость; жизнелюбие piss poor - страшно бедный, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POOR — 1) бедный 2) малоплодородный 3) недостаточный 4) незавидный 5) плохой 6) скудный 7) худородный • poor conditioned surface — плохо обусловленная поверхность poor formation of paper — облачность бумаги poor …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PISS — 1. сущ.1) моча Syn:urine 2) мочеиспускание 3) сленг старое пиво 4) сленг любой некачественный алкогольный напиток •• on the piss …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
POOR — 1. pʋə n (the poor) собир. бедные, бедняки, беднота; неимущие the poor and the rich - бедные и богатые 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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