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tarse

/tɑːɹs/

tarse noun: the penis.

Noun (1)

tarse (plural tarses)

  1. (archaic) The penis.
    • For though in her he settles well his tarse,
      Yet his dull, graceless bollocks hang an arse.1673, John Wilmot, A Satire on Charles II
    • "Yea!" Odred screamed, "Take my tarse into thy mouth, and my great balls, too. Suck on my balls, make them hot with your sweet mouth. Then suck my tarse again! Make my cock hard as that of a young ram, or a wild bull!"2000, Perry Brass, Angel Lust: An Erotic Novel of Time Travel, page 210

Noun (2)

tarse (plural tarses)

  1. The tarsus (seven bones in the ankle).

Noun (3)

tarse (plural tarses)

  1. A male falcon.

Forms of tarse

pluraltarses

Origin of tarse

From Middle English tarse, tearse, terce, ters, from Old English teors (“penis”), from Proto-West Germanic *ters (“nail; penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay; split”). Related to Dutch teers, German Zers, and distantly (via Latin) to try.

Borrowed from French tarse, from Latin tarsus.

Compare tassel, tiercel.

Questions about tarse

What does tarse mean?
Tarse means the penis.
What part of speech is tarse?
Tarse is a noun.
How do you pronounce tarse?
Tarse is pronounced /tɑːɹs/.
What is the plural of tarse?
The plural of tarse is tarses.

Words near tarse in the dictionary

  1. tarsalia
  2. tarsally
  3. tarsals
  4. tarsand
  5. tarsands
  6. tarse
  7. tarseal
  8. tarsectomies
  9. tarsectomy
  10. tarsel
  11. tarsels

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