Dictionary

arse en · INTJ

Pronunciation

• /ɑɹs/ (Canada, US)
• /ɑːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /aɹs/ (Ireland, Scotland)
• /ɐːs/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (Australia) audio
• (UK) audio
• (Canada) audio
• /äːɹs/ (Ireland, Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Dutch aars and German Arsch), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (“backside, buttocks”).

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, vulgar) An expression of frustration.
   • (euphemistic)

Forms

Synonyms

bum

arse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɑɹs/ (Canada, US)
• /ɑːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /aɹs/ (Ireland, Scotland)
• /ɐːs/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (Australia) audio
• (UK) audio
• (Canada) audio
• /äːɹs/ (Ireland, Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Dutch aars and German Arsch), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (“backside, buttocks”).

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, vulgar) A person's buttocks; the bottom, the backside. Also: the anus; the rectum.
   • No one, then or now, wanted to drink the mead that came out of Odin's arse. 2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 131:
   • As the novel progresses, he is shot in the hand with his own gun, shot in the arse with someone else's and lacerated by a prosthetic weed trimmer. 2011 March 12, James Smart, The Guardian:
   • Or to put it in the more colourful language of our Prime Minister: "The secret to improving rail transport, in my view, is you need to find the right arse to kick." Unfortunately, since the abolition of the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) in 2005, the DfT has ostensibly been in direct control of railway policy setting, and this has meant that the only arse the government has been able to kick is its own. 2020 September 9, Jason Chamberlain, “The growing likelihood of a 'different type of railway'”, in Rail, page 45:
2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar) A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person.
   • He looked at me, was just about to call me an arse, when I told him, “You throw it too hard. Try and think of the javelin hitting the target before you throw it. Let it all go through your mind first, see it, feel it, then throw it.” ¶ “Good advice, you arse,” he said and tried again. 2007, L. A. Wilson, The Silurian: Book One: The Fox and the Bear, page 103:
   • Felnigg. What a suppurating arse. Look at him. Arse. 2011, Joe Abercrombie, The Heroes, unnumbered page:
   • “You're an arse,” Ellen said. ¶ “Please? You must like something about me …?” ¶ “I do. You're an arse. I just told you that. I feel comfy with you, because you're such an arse.” 2007, Martin Harrison, The Judgement of Paris, page 282:
3. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
4. (countable, metonymically, slang, vulgar) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

arsecheeks (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · kick someone's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse antlers (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · cottage cheese arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse crack (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · know one's arse from one's elbow (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · kiss my arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · cauldron arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · the law is an arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsemuncher (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arseface (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · my arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsehead (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse end of nowhere (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · the arse is clean out of 'er (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsebreath (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · care a rat's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · blow smoke up someone's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · hanging out of one's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · not hit a cow's arse with a banjo (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse over tit (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · smart-arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse bandit (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · the arse has gone clean out of 'er (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · the arse has gone out of 'er (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · bite in the arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse-licking (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsehood (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse over head (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsecunt (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · open-arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · the arse has gone right out of 'er (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse is right out of 'er (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · clever arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · cake-and-arse party (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · pull out of one's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse about face (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · get one's arse in gear (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arseclown (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · someone's arse off (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · the arse is out of 'er (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · bring one's arse to anchor (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse like a Japanese flag (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · kick-arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · candy-arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · bring one's arse to an anchor (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arseholery (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · sit on one's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · hard-arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse-clown (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsy (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse over teakettle (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · bottle-arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arseholedom (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · gnat's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · your arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · pain in one's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · the arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse-kisser (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · tits and arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · could eat the arse out of a low flying duck (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · hang an arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · fart-arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse biscuit (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · half-arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · die in the arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsemunch (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arseness (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse licker (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · whip-arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsewash (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · give a rat's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · half-arsed (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · barearse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · beat someone's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · dumbarse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse-crack (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse-fuck (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · barse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · short-arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · pull one's finger out of one's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsehat (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse-licker (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · badarse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arseless (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · kiss arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · beat one's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arseman (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · jackarse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · kick arse and take names (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · suck arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · bother one's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · shortarse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · cheap-arse Tuesday (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · bet one's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsey (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · face like a slapped arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · cake and arse party (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse in a sling (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · lazy-arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arselong (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse breath (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · laugh one's arse off (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · talk out of one's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsesmart (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · bust one's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arseholic (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · in a pig's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · kick arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse about tit (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsefucker (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse cheeks (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · up the arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · grassy arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · pop a cap in someone's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · face like a smacked arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsing (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · smart arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · kiss someone's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · the arse is gone right out of 'er (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arseload (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · ask my arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · die on one's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsewipe (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse lift (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · da arse is gone right out of 'er (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsecheek (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse-wash (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · kick up the arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse end (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsle (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · bare-arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · two cheeks of the same arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · tight-arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · work someone's arse off (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · lardarse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · tight as a duck's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arseling (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse over tip (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · duck's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · take it up the arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsehole (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · duck-arsed (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · cold as a well-digger's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse on (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · pain in the arse (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arse-up (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arsemonkey (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · arseful (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · one's arse off (Terms derived from arse (noun)) · think the sun shines out of someone's arse (Terms derived from arse (noun))

Descendants

lasi

Synonyms

donut hole · butt cheeks · bum · glutes · vent · 'tocks · asscunt · behind · back passage · batty · hurdies · poophole · tradesman's entrance · blessed assurance · craphole · Hershey highway · rump · keister · postern · wazoo · windpipe · posterior · back alley · back · poop chute · love hole · dookie hole · derriere · bung-hole · arsehole · asspussy · a-hole · ying-yang · chocolate channel · jacksie · buttocks · batty · tewel · cinnamon ring · gyatt · back door · ass · fartbox · exit hole · freckle · shitter · gooseberry-grinder · fudge tunnel · rosebud · bum · anus · chocolate starfish · dicky · buns · where the sun don't shine · cumhole · dock · jacksy · stinkhole · nether cheeks · botty · heinie · tooter · starfish · gump stump · toches · fourth point of contact · cheeks · buttonhole · other end · ding · seat · cornhole · ass cheeks · balloon knot · bottom · peach · bootyhole · arse cheeks · jacksie · booty · chuff · bum cheeks · hiney · keester · rear exit · clacker · keister · sit upon · fundament · browneye · patootie · arse · asshole · bungus · sluthole · leather cheerio · rear end · butt · fourth point of contact · clacka · turd cutter · bunghole · bottom · moon · nates · pooper · fuckhole · rear · butthole · ringpiece · caboose · ass · moneymaker · arse · dung funnel · tushie · Gary Glitter · tush · farthole · tail · bumhole · dinger · batty hole · hinderlin · rusty sheriff's badge · fanny · backside · shithole · rectum · brown eye · smelly freckle · gluteus maximus

arse en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɑɹs/ (Canada, US)
• /ɑːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /aɹs/ (Ireland, Scotland)
• /ɐːs/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (Australia) audio
• (UK) audio
• (Canada) audio
• /äːɹs/ (Ireland, Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Dutch aars and German Arsch), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (“backside, buttocks”).

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To be silly, act stupid or mess around.
   • Pi, upset, roars, "Quit arsing around there and get cracking," and a dozen heads turn their way. 2005, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, page 291:
   • He was university material, just arsing about as a rigger, arsing about, killing time with bohunks like me[…]. 1985, Sam McAughtry, McAughtry's War, page 10:
   • Stop arsing around!
   • He was half-expecting a call from the lingua, telling him to stop arsing around, but his com stayed silent, so it looked like a certain amount of arsing around was allowed. 2011, Jaine Fenn, Bringer of Light, unnumbered page:

Forms

Deriveds

arse around · half-arsed · can't be arsed · arse up · candy-arsed · arse about