hit (and miss) n.
1. a kiss.
Down and Out in Complete Works I (1986) 177: In the ‘rhyming slang’ everything was named by something rhyming with it – a ‘hit or miss’ for a kiss, ‘plates of meat’ for feet, etc. | ||
Dict. of Rhy. Sl. | ||
Signs of Crime 187: Hit (and miss) A kiss: ‘. . . and give us a hit, love’ is an impertinent phrase which might be used to an attractive barmaid when drinks are ordered. | ||
Dict. of Invective (1991) 41: In other instances, the speaker may go so far as to articulate the rhyme word, e.g., ham and eggs, legs; hit-or-miss, kiss. | ||
Cockney Rabbit. | ||
Wicked Cockney Rhy. Sl. |
2. urine [= piss n. (1)].
Und. Speaks. | ||
AS XIX:3. | ‘“Aus.” Rhyming Argot’ in||
Dict. of Rhy. Sl. | ||
Rhy. Cockney Sl. | ||
Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 13: She sits by a flickering Ron Randell in sweet celestial bliss / She sits there with meat pies like pools of hit and miss. | ||
Dirty Cockney Rhy. Sl. |
3. urination [= piss n. (2)].
private coll. n.p.: — Hit & Miss. | ||
(con. 1940s) Borstal Boy 326: What he really wanted was a hit and miss. | ||
Up the Frog. | ||
Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976) 58: Can I go for me hit and piss now? | ||
Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Hit and miss. Urination. Rhyming slang for piss. | ||
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 87/2: hit-and-miss n. urine, act of urinating. | ||
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightdress 154: I’ve done a hit-and-miss in my trousers. |