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arsing around

arsing around is the present participle and gerund 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 arsing around

What is arsing around the present participle and gerund of?
Arsing around is the present participle and gerund of arse around.

Words near arsing around in the dictionary

  1. arsinediyls
  2. arsines
  3. arsiness
  4. arsing
  5. arsing about
  6. arsing around
  7. arsing up
  8. arsinh
  9. arsinic
  10. arsinic acid
  11. arsinic acids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arsing 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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