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kick up the butt

kick up the butt is the alternative form of kick up the arse.

Meaning of kick up the arse

Noun

kick up the arse (plural kicks up the arse)

  1. (UK, slang, vulgar) A severe reprimand, especially one to motivate someone into doing something.

Forms of kick up the butt

pluralkicks up the butt

Questions about kick up the butt

What is kick up the butt the alternative form of?
Kick up the butt is the alternative form of kick up the arse.

Words near kick up the butt in the dictionary

  1. kick up the arse
  2. kick up the ass
  3. kick up the backside
  4. kick up the bottom
  5. kick up the bum
  6. kick up the butt
  7. kick upstairs
  8. kick volleyball
  9. kick wax
  10. kick waxes
  11. kick wheel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kick up the butt (page history and authors); kick up the arse (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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