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Definition of arse
arse 
interjection
- an exclamation of frustration.
Oh, arse!
- See more words with the same meaning: exclamations (list of).
Last edited on Oct 24 1999. Submitted by Cyberchick from UK on Oct 24 1999.
noun
- buttocks. Most uses of ass apply to arse, e.g. arsehole (asshole); dumb arse (dumb ass); etc. Origin: UK.
Stick it up your arse!
You can kick his arse.
That bloke is a right arsehole.
My boyfriend loves it in the arse.
- See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: buttocks, butt, ass.
Last edited on Apr 26 2013. Submitted by Wendy from Purley, Greater London, UK on Oct 22 1999.
- idiot.
She's always terrible to have around, always being an arse.
- See more words with the same meaning: uncool person, jerk, asshole (general insults - list of).
Last edited on May 31 2004. Submitted by Matthew R. from Blackpool, United Kingdom on May 31 2004.
- something incorrect, broken; MESSED UP.
I made an arse of that.
- See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.
- See more words with the same meaning: broken.
Last edited on Oct 05 2006. Submitted by Brian B. from Ireland on Oct 05 2006.
- when combined with an adjective, a person who that adjective strongly applies to.
Citation from "Episode 5", Whites (TV), Season 1 Episode 5 (2010) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Oct 15 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 15 2011.
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| Definitions include: to masturbate, especially male masturbation. | |
| Definitions include: affirmative. | |
| Definitions include: upset, disappointed. | |
| Definitions include: to take a look. | |
| Definitions include: to form a line of people, while waiting to receive some service. | |
| Definitions include: term used to show that one agrees. | |
| Definitions include: tired. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Guardian Reader Of Low Intelligence in Ethnic Skirt", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
| Definitions include: a British person. | |
| Definitions include: a cigarette. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
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| Definitions include: acronym for "Joint Army [and] Navy fuck-up", i.e. a large mistake caused by both the Army and the Navy. | |
| Definitions include: a funny or silly person. Also goof-ball. | |
| Definitions include: to botch. | |
| Definitions include: something that shouldn't be done. | |
| Definitions include: to severely injure (a person) or damage or ruin (a thing.) | |
| Definitions include: a hockey game or something that went all worng. | |
| Definitions include: to do something inappropriate. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: to make a mistake. | |
| Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below. | |
| Definitions include: To accidentally press an adjacent button, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "crossing the line", that is: inappropriate (offensive or insensitive in nature, overstepping social norms.) | |
| Definitions include: to pester or annoy. | |
| Definitions include: censored version of "bullshit". | |
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| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: "Bollocks" is also the present tense and plural form of bollock. | |
| Definitions include: broken; messed up; "fucked up". | |
| Definitions include: damaged, jammed, or out of alignment. | |
| Definitions include: disturbing. | |
| Definitions include: extremely tired. | |
| Definitions include: out of sorts, broken, or functioning poorly or improperly; "messed up". | |
| Definitions include: high-grade marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: very cold. | |
| Definitions include: displeasing; of poor quality; "uncool". | |
| Definitions include: messed up, weird. | |
| Definitions include: Messed up, broken, crazy. | |
| Definitions include: a bug that makes hardware or software unusable. | |
| Definitions include: broken or ruined. | |
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| Definitions include: horse's ass. | |
| Definitions include: to be on the giving end of anal sex. | |
| Definitions include: Someone with a humongous butt. | |
| Definitions include: extremely ugly. | |
| Definitions include: extremely large buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: buttocks. | |
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| Definitions include: having a nice body. | |
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| Definitions include: "tits and ass." | |
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| Definitions include: bathroom. | |
| Definitions include: large buttocks. | |
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| Definitions include: "thank you." | |
| Definitions include: "your". | |
| Definitions include: of course; definitely. | |
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| Definitions include: to fool around. | |
| Definitions include: to waste time. | |
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| Definitions include: the anus. | |
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| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: messed up. | |
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| Definitions include: a contemptible person. | |
| Definitions include: be bothered. | |
| Definitions include: see be arsed. | |
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