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A person's buttocks; the bottom, the backside. Also: the anus; the rectum.Commonwealthvulgar
- 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.
- No one, then or now, wanted to drink the mead that came out of Odin's arse.
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A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person.CommonwealthIrelandUK
- “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.”
- Felnigg. What a suppurating arse. Look at him. Arse.
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Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.slanguncountablevulgar
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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.countablemetonymicallyslang
arse
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To be silly, act stupid or mess around.Commonwealthintransitiveslang
- Stop arsing around!
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An expression of frustration.Commonwealthvulgar
- (euphemistic)