pee

noun

1. (countable, informal, uncountable)Urine.

   “With conventional fuel cells as their model, researchers learned to use similar chemical reactions to make a fuel from microbes in pee.[…]They got to use new, clean toilets lit by the power of their own pee.[…]Microorganisms that feed on nutrients in urine can be used in a microbial fuel cell that generates electricity – or "pee power," as the Sesame girls called it.”

2. (Australia, Canada, US, countable, informal, uncountable)An act of urination.

   “He was dying for a pee.”

   “I have to go for an urgent pee.”

   “Um, by the way, make sure everyone knows if the papal envoy says "We desire to wash our hands", that means he wants to go and have a pee (laugh track)... Yes, a Royal wee (laugh track) — followed by a Royal flush (laugh track).”

3. The name of the Latin script letter P/p.

   “They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees.”

   “It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."”

4. (British, Ireland, colloquial)Pence; penny (a quantity of money)

   “I bought these carrots for fifty pee.”

   “I can't afford that — I'm one pee short.”

5. The bill of an anchor.
6. The sliding weight on a steelyard.
7. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of pee.

verb

1. (colloquial, intransitive)To urinate.

   “The schoolboy called out to his friend while he was peeing in the urinal.”

   “The delivery driver took a minute to pee in the woods between houses.”

   “I've always wondered whether you could drink slowly enough, and eliminate fast enough, that you just sort of peed continuously. But I'm afraid to try because I worry someone might call while I'm doing it and ask what I'm up to, and I won't be able to think of a lie.”

2. (colloquial, intransitive, reflexive)To urinate.
3. (colloquial, intransitive, transitive)To urinate.

   “I was so excited, I peed the bed!”

4. (colloquial, intransitive, mildly, vulgar)To drizzle.

   “It's peeing with rain.”

name

1. A surname.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble (a North Korean orchestra).