arse

Noun (1)

arse (plural arses)

1. (Commonwealth, vulgar) A person's buttocks; the bottom, the backside. Also: the anus; the rectum.
   • 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.2011 March 12, James Smart, The Guardian
   • No one, then or now, wanted to drink the mead that came out of Odin's arse.2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 131

   Synonyms:

   'tocks, arse cheeks, ass, ass cheeks, back, backside, batty, behind, blessed assurance, booty

2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar) A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person.
   • “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, Martin Harrison, The Judgement of Paris, page 282
   • 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.2007, L. A. Wilson, The Silurian: Book One: The Fox and the Bear, page 103
3. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
4. (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.

Verb

arse (third-person singular simple present arses, present participle arsing, simple past and past participle arsed)

1. (Commonwealth, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To be silly, act stupid or mess around.
   • Stop arsing around!
   • He was university material, just arsing about as a rigger, arsing about, killing time with bohunks like me[…].1985, Sam McAughtry, McAughtry's War, page 10

Interjection

1. (Commonwealth, vulgar) An expression of frustration.
   • (euphemistic)

   Synonyms:

   bum

Noun (2) capitalized: ARSE

ARSE

1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of arylsulfatase E, an enzyme, deficiencies in which are associated with abnormalities in cartilage and bone development.