Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to arse
Participle: arsed
Gerund: arsing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | arse |
| you | arse |
| he;she;it | arses |
| we | arse |
| you | arse |
| they | arse |
Perfect
| I | have arsed |
| you | have arsed |
| he;she;it | has arsed |
| we | have arsed |
| you | have arsed |
| they | have arsed |
Past
| I | arsed |
| you | arsed |
| he;she;it | arsed |
| we | arsed |
| you | arsed |
| they | arsed |
Pluperfect
| I | had arsed |
| you | had arsed |
| he;she;it | had arsed |
| we | had arsed |
| you | had arsed |
| they | had arsed |
Future
| I | will arse |
| you | will arse |
| he;she;it | will arse |
| we | will arse |
| you | will arse |
| they | will arse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have arsed |
| you | will have arsed |
| he;she;it | will have arsed |
| we | will have arsed |
| you | will have arsed |
| they | will have arsed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | arse |
| you | arse |
| he;she;it | arse |
| we | arse |
| you | arse |
| they | arse |
Perfect
| I | have arsed |
| you | have arsed |
| he;she;it | have arsed |
| we | have arsed |
| you | have arsed |
| they | have arsed |
Imperfect
| I | arsed |
| you | arsed |
| he;she;it | arsed |
| we | arsed |
| you | arsed |
| they | arsed |
Pluperfect
| I | had arsed |
| you | had arsed |
| he;she;it | had arsed |
| we | had arsed |
| you | had arsed |
| they | had arsed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would arse |
| you | would arse |
| he;she;it | would arse |
| we | would arse |
| you | would arse |
| they | would arse |
Perfect
| I | would have arsed |
| you | would have arsed |
| he;she;it | would have arsed |
| we | would have arsed |
| you | would have arsed |
| they | would have arsed |
Imperative
| you | arse |
| we | Let's arse |
| you | arse |
Verbs conjugated like 'arse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'arse'
arise,
arsle,
farse,
parse,
sarse,
abase,
able,
abrase,
abuse,
ace,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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”).
Sample Sentences
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Stop arsing around!
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He was university material, just arsing about as a rigger, arsing about, killing time with bohunks like me[…]. [1985, Sam McAughtry, McAughtry's War, page 10:]
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Pi, upset, roars, "Quit arsing around there and get cracking," and a dozen heads turn their way. [2005, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, page 291:]
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He was half-expecting a call from the lingua, telling him to stop arsing around, but his com stayed silent, so it looked like a certain amount of arsing around was allowed. [2011, Jaine Fenn, Bringer of Light, unnumbered page:]