arse
To be silly, act stupid or mess aroundTo be silly, act stupid or mess around.
Meaning
1 senses(Commonwealth, slang, vulgar)To be silly, act stupid or mess around.
Stop arsing around!
Examples
28 sentencesI can't be arsed.
Мені насрати. — deniko
He arse-licks his boss.
Він лиже дупу шефа. — deniko
deEr schleimt sich bei seinem Chef ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
“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. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom did a half-arsed job.
deTom hat gepfuscht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The sun shines out of his arse.
deIhm scheint die Sonne aus dem Arsch. — MUIRIEL
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
arses, arsing, arsed, arsedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.