Meaning
4 senses(Commonwealth, vulgar)A person's buttocks; the bottom, the backside. Also: the anus; the rectum.
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar)A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person.
(slang, uncountable, vulgar)Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
(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.
- vulgar slang for anus
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Examples
28 sentencesI can't be arsed.
Мені насрати.
He arse-licks his boss.
Він лиже дупу шефа.
deEr schleimt sich bei seinem Chef ein.
“It’s just bantz” is what people say when they don’t want to admit they’ve been an arse.
«Це всього лише підколи», — так говорять люди, коли не хочуть визнати, що вони поводилися як свині.
Tom did a half-arsed job.
deTom hat gepfuscht.
The sun shines out of his arse.
deIhm scheint die Sonne aus dem Arsch.
Origin
From Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, fFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: arsesSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable