Arse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɑːs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Arse is a noun meaning (Commonwealth, now vulgar) A person's buttocks; the bottom, the backside. Also: the anus; the rectum.
Meaning
(Commonwealth, now vulgar) A person's buttocks; the bottom, the backside. Also: the anus; the rectum.
More Meanings
- (Commonwealth, slang, intransitive) To be silly, act stupid or mess around.
- (Commonwealth) An expression of frustration.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, slang) A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person.
- (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
- (vulgar, slang, metonymic, countable) A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body; (by extension) one's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc.
Example Sentences
Stop arsing around!
Felnigg. What a suppurating arse. Look at him. Arse.
No one, then or now, wanted to drink the mead that came out of Odin's arse.
He was university material, just arsing about as a rigger, arsing about, killing time with bohunks like me[…].
Word Forms
- arses
- arsing
- arsed
Synonyms for arse
Depending on context, synonyms include ass, back, backside, batty, behind, booty.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arsehole, asshole, keister, butt, rear, prat.
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Sources & Attribution
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