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arsed around

arsed around is the simple past and past participle of arse around.

Meaning of arse around

Verb

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

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To behave in a clownish, irresponsible or inefficient manner.
    • Quit arsing around and get to work!

Questions about arsed around

What is arsed around the simple past and past participle of?
Arsed around is the simple past and past participle of arse around.

Words near arsed around in the dictionary

  1. arsecracks
  2. arsecunt
  3. arsecunts
  4. arsed
  5. arsed about
  6. arsed around
  7. arsed up
  8. arsedine
  9. arseface
  10. arsefaces
  11. arsefoot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arsed around (page history and authors); arse around (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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