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hard-arse

hard-arse is the alternative spelling of hard-ass.

Meaning of hard-ass

Noun

hard-ass (plural hard-asses)

  1. (slang, vulgar) A tough and combative person.

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Forms of hard-arse

pluralhard-arses

Questions about hard-arse

What is hard-arse the alternative spelling of?
Hard-arse is the alternative spelling of hard-ass.

Words near hard-arse in the dictionary

  1. hard X-ray
  2. hard X-rays
  3. hard yakka
  4. hard yards
  5. hard-and-fast
  6. hard-arse
  7. hard-arses
  8. hard-ass
  9. hard-assed
  10. hard-assery
  11. hard-asses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hard-arse (page history and authors); hard-ass (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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