- (North American English ass)the part of the body that you sit on; your bottom
- Get off your arse! (= stop sitting around doing nothing)
- (usually following an adjective) a stupid person see also smart-arse
Word OriginOld English ærs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aars and German Arsch.
Idioms
My arse!
- (British English, offensive, slang) used by some people to show they do not believe what somebody has said
get your arse in gear | move your arse (British English)
(North American English get your ass in gear, move your ass )
- (offensive, slang) a rude way of telling somebody to hurry
- If you get your arse in gear, we can make it out of here tonight.
lick somebody’s arse (British English, offensive, slang)
(also lick somebody’s boots)
- (disapproving) to show too much respect for somebody in authority because you want to please them synonym crawl
not know your arse from your elbow
- (British English, offensive, slang) to be very stupid; to have absolutely no skill
a pain in the arse/backside (British English, offensive, slang)
(North American English, offensive, slang a pain in the ass/butt)
(also a pain in the neck informal)
- a person or thing that is very annoying
- That man's a pain in the arse!
work your arse off
- (British English, offensive, slang) to work very hard
Check pronunciation:
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