assle
assle verb: to sit, move, or scoot about on one's buttocks; loaf; wander idly around; waste time.
Verb
assle (third-person singular simple present assles, present participle assling, simple past and past participle assled)
- To sit, move, or scoot about on one's buttocks; loaf; wander idly around; waste time.
- "May all her public servants arsle around like buss-eyed catawumpuses ! That's what I say. Just like they'll do tomorrow, while we set here and laugh at 'em."1951, Constance Noyes Robertson, The Golden Circle
- You're always assling around.1969, Kentucky Folklore Society, Kentucky folklore record
assle meaning in Bengali
assle in Bengali
- অলসভাবে বসে থাকা, ঘোরাঘুরি করা, সময় নষ্ট করা
Examples of assle in a sentence
- "Them boys don't do no work, they just assle around town all day."1992, Vance Randolph, G. Legman, Blow the Candle Out:
- I assled over into a packrat nest without thinking, so the next scene on that damn camera recorder was me leaning over while the ladies in the party pulled cholla out of my tight Levis.2010, Julian D. Hayden, Bill Broyles, Diane E. Boyer, Field man: life as a desert archaeologist:
Forms of assle
| third-person singular present | assles |
|---|---|
| present participle | assling |
| past participle | assled |
| past | assled |
| alternative form | arsle |
Origin of assle
From ass + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch aarzelen (“to hesitate; waver”).
Words that rhyme with assle
Questions about assle
- What does assle mean?
- Assle means to sit, move, or scoot about on one's buttocks; loaf; wander idly around; waste time.
- What is assle in Bengali?
- Assle in Bengali is অলসভাবে বসে থাকা, ঘোরাঘুরি করা, সময় নষ্ট করা. See Assle meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use assle in a sentence?
- "Them boys don't do no work, they just assle around town all day."
- What part of speech is assle?
- Assle is a verb.
- What is the past tense of assle?
- The past tense of assle is assled.
Words near assle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: assle (page history and authors); assle (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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