What is "arse" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does arse mean in English? Meaning of arse definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "arse" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "arse": the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Noun

  • Meaning: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • Example: he deserves a good kick in the butt are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
  • Synonyms: arse ass backside behind bottom bum buns butt buttocks can derriere fanny fundament hind end hindquarters keister nates posterior prat rear rear end rump seat stern tail tail end tooshie tush
  • Hypernyms: body part
  • Meaning of "arse": vulgar slang for anus

    Noun

  • Meaning: vulgar slang for anus
  • Synonyms: arse arsehole asshole bunghole
  • Hypernyms: anus
  • Adjective: (dated in New England, current in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, now slang) The buttocks or more specifically, the anus. 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XII, chapter iij: & thenne he rode after the bore / & thenne syre laūcelot was ware where the bore set his ars to a tree by an hermytage / Thenne sir launcelot ranne atte bore with his spere / & ther with the bore torned hym nemly 2011, James Smart, The Guardian, 12 March: 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.1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XII, chapter iij: & thenne he rode after the bore / & thenne syre laūcelot was ware where the bore set his ars to a tree by an hermytage / Thenne sir launcelot ranne atte bore with his spere / & ther with the bore torned hym nemly2011, James Smart, The Guardian, 12 March: 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.(chiefly UK, pejorative slang) A stupid, mean or despicable person. 2007, Martin Harrison, The Judgement of Paris, p.282: “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, L. A. Wilson, The Silurian: Book One: The Fox and the Bear, p.103: 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. 2011, Joe Abercrombie, The Heroes, unnumbered page: Felnigg. What a suppurating arse. Look at him. Arse.2007, Martin Harrison, The Judgement of Paris, p.282: “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, L. A. Wilson, The Silurian: Book One: The Fox and the Bear, p.103: 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.2011, Joe Abercrombie, The Heroes, unnumbered page: Felnigg. What a suppurating arse. Look at him. Arse.
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