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arse (ärs)

noun

Brit. the buttocks; ass: now a vulgar term

Etymology: ME ars < OE ears, ærs < IE base *orsos > Gr oura, tail

arse Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • smack: Anthony, with a face like a smacked ass.
  • kick: Boy you're going to get your ass kicked later aren't you.
  • make: Just one person making a total ass of himself.
  • get: I think Kylie's got the best ass in pop - I wouldn't say no to Kylie.
  • have: Chorley - I saw her once, she had a dead fat ass, unlike me, who hasn't.. .

Preposition: at

  • time: Ali, Benn, Eubank, Barrera, Marciano they were all on their ass at some time.

Adjective modifier

  • yer: Goodnight, fellas and watch the door doesn't hit yer arses on the way out!
  • lazy: The simple truth is, I've been a lazy ass!
  • smart: There is always one smart ass, isn't there!
  • fat: Chorley - I saw her once, she had a dead fat ass, unlike me, who hasn't.. .
  • bare: Instead they focused on Joey Barton showing of his bare ass to Everton fans.
  • sore: Cas 6th July Arrived Tuesday 5th after 6 hours flying and six stops ( sore ass ).

Modifies a noun

  • cheek: My knuckles were white and my ass cheeks clenched tight, Kim laughed and the Nepali raft guides slept their hang overs off.
  • hole: That John Major was big time ass hole you know.
  • end: Hywel Perkins Jnr, Guy Woods and myself were aboard Champagne with Guy at the ass end steering us up and down the river.

Noun used with modifier

  • kick: Eskimo 24th June 2002, 19:13 i think doom 3 is gonna kick ass.

Possessives

  • cow: Lampard couldnt hit a cow's ass with a banjo.
  • horse: It's Stalinism with a human face like a horse's ass.

Preposition: in

  • gear: Nuts - should have got my ass in gear earlier.
arse Quotes

Boys do now cry 'Kiss my Parliament!' instead of 'Kiss myarse!'so great and general a contempt is the Rump come to among all men, good and bad.

—Pepys, Samuel

a politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man

—cummings, e e pen name of  Edward Estlin Cummings