Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To excrete urine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To discharge urine; micturate; make water.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To discharge urine; to make water.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb medicine To pass
urine from the body.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb pass after the manner of urine
- verb eliminate urine
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Still others claim the Afghan media did not hype the story and that, in most cases, reported that the video depicted U.S. troops being disrespectful to Afghan corpses but avoided using the word "urinate," which is considered a shameful term in the local language.
The Seattle Times 2012
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In Franklin’s family they used the word urinate but he didn’t mind the vulgarity now.
NEVER WAVE GOODBYE DOUG MAGEE 2010
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Women may frequently experience strong and sudden urges to urinate, which is usually followed by an involuntary loss of urine, along with the possibility of the loss of urine with coughing or laughing.
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Women may frequently experience strong and sudden urges to urinate, which is usually followed by an involuntary loss of urine, along with the possibility of the loss of urine with coughing or laughing.
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In Monday's pictures, Atlanta faces a major cold snap, feminists "urinate" on police officers in Kiev, Santas deliver gifts in Seoul and more.
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Note 63: Bracketed words show where Irving Janis used the words "urinate" and "erection" but commented, "Obviously a less formal term occurs in actual conversation." back
Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008
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Ukraine feminists 'urinate' in protest DOZENS of Ukrainian feminists staged an unusual protest against the country's all-male cabinet, pretending to urinate to show the government had turned into nothing more than a men's room.
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He's a douche for sure ... but "urinate" probably would be more appropriate for a non-bush presidential candidate.
Breaking: McCain Campaign Suspends Campaign Due To Crisis, Calls On Delay For Debate 2009
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For example, "Hebrew-Aramaic words for bathroom functions in Jewish languages are typically quite euphemistic. mashtin zayn 'urinate', nekovim gedoylim and nekovim ketanim 'big holes and 'little holes', geyn af gedoylim and geyn af ketanim "to defecate' and 'to urinate' are indirect and learned ways to avoid saying kakn or shaysn and pishn."
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For example, "Hebrew-Aramaic words for bathroom functions in Jewish languages are typically quite euphemistic. mashtin zayn 'urinate', nekovim gedoylim and nekovim ketanim 'big holes and 'little holes', geyn af gedoylim and geyn af ketanim "to defecate' and 'to urinate' are indirect and learned ways to avoid saying kakn or shaysn and pishn."
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