arse about
arse about verb: to turn round. Also the alternative form of arse around.
Verb
arse about (third-person singular simple present arses about, present participle arsing about, simple past and past participle arsed about)
- To turn round.
Adjective
arse about (not comparable)
- The wrong way round; exactly opposite to that which is desirable; contrary; conceptually inverted; wrong.
- You've got this arse-about!
- For the dome of the belly turned arse about has its parallel in the eye that falls out like the contents of a broken egg and that in its evocation of and preempting of regeneration becomes, in Bataille's novel, unremittingly erotic and polymorphously perverse.1995, David Wills, Prosthesis, Stanford University Press, page 207
Also used as
arse about is also the alternative form of arse around.
Forms of arse about
| third-person singular present | arses about |
|---|---|
| present participle | arsing about |
| past participle | arsed about |
| past | arsed about |
| alternative form | arse-about |
Questions about arse about
- What does arse about mean?
- Arse about means to turn round.
- What part of speech is arse about?
- Arse about can be a verb or an adjective.
- What is the past tense of arse about?
- The past tense of arse about is arsed about.
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