arse
Pronunciation: /ɑːs/
The English word “arse” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- A person's buttocks; the bottom, the backside. Also: the anus; the rectum.
- A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person.
- Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
- A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body; (by extension) one's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc.
verb
interjection
- An expression of frustration.
Etymology
From Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Dutch aars and German Arsch), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (“backside, buttocks”).
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