(verb) to take a reading is to check out a particular situation in a small way, in order to get an accurate idea of someone's character, usually for the future when the stakes may be higher. The person who is curious may do this deliberately -- or accidentally, for example by observing how a certain person treats others.
Friend #1: "Should I loan Alex my car?"
Friend #2: "Didn't you take a reading last year, when he borrowed your bike and returned it all beat up?"
OR
Friend #3: "Yeah, David definitely seemed like the man of my dreams, but I had to take a reading when he was rude to our waitstaff."
Friend #4: "OMG, how pathetic!"
Friend #2: "Didn't you take a reading last year, when he borrowed your bike and returned it all beat up?"
OR
Friend #3: "Yeah, David definitely seemed like the man of my dreams, but I had to take a reading when he was rude to our waitstaff."
Friend #4: "OMG, how pathetic!"
by liv4mntns October 27, 2009
To engage in vaginal sex.
by cjismitch August 31, 2010
taking it in the ass, financially.
by andyfrank October 16, 2015
by Felix Tue Visiyu August 25, 2006
To give birth to a pinoy.
I took a shit the other day and when I flushed it, it said "weeeeeeeeeeew ^________^". (To take a shit)
by YTG123 January 23, 2011
To appear serious, but actually meaning the opposite - most of the time. Usually followed up by the 'piss taker' (the one who joked) revealing he/she was only joking.
'Hey did I ever tell you you're fucking pug ugly?'
'No you didn't and that hurt'
'I'm only taking the piss. You fucking filthy mongoloid.'
'No you didn't and that hurt'
'I'm only taking the piss. You fucking filthy mongoloid.'
by Iwo June 13, 2007
"Take a Midol" is a disparaging phrase said to a woman who is behaving in a bitchy and confrontational fashion, as women are know to do when experiencing the symptoms of PMS. Sometimes said by a male, the phrase is more powerful when uttered by a female toward another female, as a strong complaint about the woman's behavior and/or attitude. (Midol is a commonly used over-the-counter medication marketed to women for the symptoms of PMS.)
Woman to woman: What is wrong with you? Stop being so upset and take a Midol!
Man to woman: Honey, please! Take a Midol before we have another domestic violence event in this house trailer!
Man to woman: Honey, please! Take a Midol before we have another domestic violence event in this house trailer!
by Rook's Buddy June 03, 2010