Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to arse around
Participle: arsed around
Gerund: arsing around
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | arse around |
| you | arse around |
| he;she;it | arses around |
| we | arse around |
| you | arse around |
| they | arse around |
Perfect
| I | have arsed around |
| you | have arsed around |
| he;she;it | has arsed around |
| we | have arsed around |
| you | have arsed around |
| they | have arsed around |
Past
| I | arsed around |
| you | arsed around |
| he;she;it | arsed around |
| we | arsed around |
| you | arsed around |
| they | arsed around |
Pluperfect
| I | had arsed around |
| you | had arsed around |
| he;she;it | had arsed around |
| we | had arsed around |
| you | had arsed around |
| they | had arsed around |
Future
| I | will arse around |
| you | will arse around |
| he;she;it | will arse around |
| we | will arse around |
| you | will arse around |
| they | will arse around |
Future Perfect
| I | will have arsed around |
| you | will have arsed around |
| he;she;it | will have arsed around |
| we | will have arsed around |
| you | will have arsed around |
| they | will have arsed around |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | arse around |
| you | arse around |
| he;she;it | arse around |
| we | arse around |
| you | arse around |
| they | arse around |
Perfect
| I | have arsed around |
| you | have arsed around |
| he;she;it | have arsed around |
| we | have arsed around |
| you | have arsed around |
| they | have arsed around |
Imperfect
| I | arsed around |
| you | arsed around |
| he;she;it | arsed around |
| we | arsed around |
| you | arsed around |
| they | arsed around |
Pluperfect
| I | had arsed around |
| you | had arsed around |
| he;she;it | had arsed around |
| we | had arsed around |
| you | had arsed around |
| they | had arsed around |
Conditional
Present
| I | would arse around |
| you | would arse around |
| he;she;it | would arse around |
| we | would arse around |
| you | would arse around |
| they | would arse around |
Perfect
| I | would have arsed around |
| you | would have arsed around |
| he;she;it | would have arsed around |
| we | would have arsed around |
| you | would have arsed around |
| they | would have arsed around |
Imperative
| you | arse around |
| we | Let's arse around |
| you | arse around |
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:]