[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/arse/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) / arse

# arse

noun (an arse, arses — rude, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand); verb (arse about/around — rude, UK)

«arse» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (rude, UK) The bottom, the part of the body you sit on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#m1)
2. (rude, UK) A stupid or annoying person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#m2)
3. (rude, UK) Can't be arsed: too lazy or not interested enough to do something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#m3)
4. (rude, UK) Arse about or arse around: waste time being silly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#m4)

### In the lessons

It is a swear word in British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand speech, ruder than bum and about as rude as the US «ass». It appears in real, rough talk in stories; at school use bottom or bum instead. Phrases: can't be arsed, pain in the arse, arse about.

### Examples

- (rude) He fell flat on his arse on the ice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#x1)
- (rude) I can't be arsed to tidy my room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#x2)
- (rude) Stop arsing about and get on with it! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#x3)
- (rude) Don't be such an arse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#x4)
- (rude) That homework is a pain in the arse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#x5)
- The polite word is «bottom»: he fell on his bottom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#x6)

### Note

Rude: not for school or polite talk. US English uses ass. Polite words: bottom, behind; mild child words: bum (UK), butt (US), tush.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «arse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«arse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/arse.html) on Mova free.