Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arse around

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables: ar-se around
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To behave in a clownish, irresponsible or inefficient manner.

British usage; Intransitive verb; Slang

Example Sentences

"Quit arsing around and get to work!"
"Gob, he’s not as green as he’s cabbagelooking. Arsing around from one pub to another, leaving it to your honour, with old Giltrap’s dog and getting fed up by the ratepayers and corporators."
"[…] up in London you arse around and go to the local and meet the boys and perhaps take in a flick, and then when you go to bed you find you’ve spent a quid and wonder where in hell it went and what you got for it."
"It’s part of a whole lot of home-movie stuff I’ve just bought at Christie’s. Most of it’s too madly dull for words—you know, gay young things arsing around with no shame."

Usage

Inflected Forms

arses around (present, singular) arsing around (participle, present) arsed around (participle, past) arsed around (past) arse about (alternative)

Synonyms

horse around fool around fool bum bum around bum about arse about fuck off loaf frig around waste one's time lounge around

Questions

What does arse around mean?: To behave in a clownish, irresponsible or inefficient manner.

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