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Definition: Arse |
ArseNoun1. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. 2. Excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "arse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Etymology: Arse \Arse\, noun. [from Anglo-Saxon expression ears; [ae]rs; akin to Old High German. ars. German arsch, Dutch aars, Swedish ars, Danish arts, Greek (Compare to tail).]. (references) |
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Multilingual Slang | Breton (reor), Czech (prdel ), Esperanto (pugo), Finnish (perse), French (cul), Hungarian (segg , valag), Polish (dupa), Romanian (cur ), Russian (z*opa), Scots (erse), Slovak (rit' ), Spanish (popa). (references) |
Slang in 1811 | ARSE. To hang an arse; to hang back, to be afraid to advance. He would lend his a-e and sh-te through his ribs; a saying of any one who lends his money inconsiderately. He would lose his a-e if it was loose; said of a careless person. A-e about; turn roun. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The anus, in anatomy, is the external opening of the rectum. It is controlled by sphincter muscles. Faeces are expelled from the body through the anus during the act of defecation, which is the primary function of the anus.
Anatomy and function of the human anus
The human anus is situated between the buttocks, posterior to the perineum. It has two anal sphincters, one internal, the other external. These hold the anus closed until the body is ready to defecate.
When the rectum is full the increase in intrarectal pressure forces the walls of the anal canal apart allowing the fecal matter to enter the canal. The rectum shortens as material is forced into the anal canal and peristaltic waves propel the feces out of the rectum. The internal and external sphincters of the anus allow the feces to be passed by muscles pulling the anus up over the exiting feces.
See also anal sex, enema, cloaca.
For the words "asshole" and "arsehole", and the card game of that name, see Asshole (word)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Anus."
Synonyms: ArseSynonyms: anus (n), arsehole (n), ass (n), asshole (n), backside (n), behind (n), bottom (n), bum (n), buns (n), butt (n), buttocks (n), can (n), derriere (n), fanny (n), fundament (n), hind end (n), hindquarters (n), keister (n), nates (n), posterior (n), prat (n), rear (n), rear end (n), rump (n), seat (n), stern (n), tail (n), tail end (n), tooshie (n), tush (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Arse |
| Specialty definitions using "arse": OPEN ARSE ♦ To HANG AN ARSE. (references) |
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Screenplays | It's not worth him giving us any trouble, 'cause he knows we'll be a pain in the arse, and who needs a pain in the arse (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) I like a woman with an arse you can park a bike in and balance a pint of beer on. (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding) Oh yeah, for all the good they've done me, I might as well have stuck them up my arse! (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge) For all the good they've done me, I might as well have stuck them up my arse! (Trainspotting; writing credit: John Hodge. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh.) Stick it out your arse! (A Clockwork Orange; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bet Your Arse (1996) | |
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| "Arse" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.64% of the time. "Arse" is used about 548 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.64% | 546 | 11,360 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.18% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.18% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 548 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "arse": arse about ♦ arse around ♦ arse licker. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "arse": arse-about-face, arse-end, arse-hole, arse-holes, arse-kick, arse-kickers, arse-kicking, arse-kissing, arse-lick, arse-lickin', arse-nil, arse-quaking. | |
Ending with "arse": aren't-over-protective-mothers-a-complete-pain-in-the-arse, burnt-arse, drag-arse, ex-arse, grimy-arse, pain-in-the-arse, short-arse, smart-arse, white-arse, your-arse. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
arse | 163 | arse lick | 4 |
arse guest jo | 9 | arse licking porn | 3 |
nice arse | 9 | arse baboon cartoon network red | 3 |
arse licking | 9 | arse cum | 3 |
arse kiss | 7 | arse pic | 3 |
arse tit | 7 | arse race | 3 |
big arse | 7 | fat arse | 3 |
arse up | 6 | arse sexy | 3 |
arse elbow | 6 | arse sex | 2 |
arse hot | 6 | tight arse | 2 |
black arse | 6 | anal anus arse free movie porn | 2 |
arse hole | 5 | arse cuty | 2 |
arse assotron.com elbow | 5 | arse mouth | 2 |
arse racing | 4 | arse builder | 2 |
arse xerox | 4 | arse male | 2 |
arse hole teenies | 4 | arse free pic | 2 |
arse perfect | 4 | arse gaping | 2 |
arse his | 4 | raider of the lost arse | 2 |
arse hairy | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "arse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | anus (anus, ass), aars (anus, ass). (various references) | |
Albanian | bythë (ass, backside, buttock, fundament, seat). (various references) | |
Arabic | ردف (buttock, prat, rump). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | задник (backside, breech, bum, buttocks, can, cheeks, posterior, rear, seat, stern, tail). (various references) | |
Chinese | 臀部 (hip, hipped, rump), 屁股 (bottom, butt, buttocks, end). (various references) | |
Czech | prdel. (various references) | |
Danish | røv (anus, ass), endetarmsåbning (anus, ass). (various references) | |
Dutch | anus (anus, ass), aars (anus, ass). (various references) | |
Esperanto | viraĉo (arse-hole, bastard, son-of-a-bitch). (various references) | |
Faeroese | rumpuhol (anus, ass), gat (anus, ass). (various references) | |
French | anus, cul. (various references) | |
Frisian | gat (anus, ass, backside, rump), ears (anus, ass). (various references) | |
German | Hintern (anus, ass, backside, behind, behinds, bottom, bum, bums, butt, buttocks, rear), arsch (anus, arseBrit, ass, backside, bastard, bugger, bum, butt, Fanny, prick, rump, sod, wanker). (various references) | |
Greek | κώλοσ (ass, bum, rectum), κώλος (backside), πισινό (backside). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ישבן (backside, bottom, buttock, sitter), תחת (below, beneath, bottom, butt, buttock, rump, under), עכוז (behind, breech, buttock, rump). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ülep (ass, behind, bottom, bum, buttocks, fanny, nates, rear), segg (ass, butt, fanny, kazoo, prat, pratt, tail), far (bum, buttocks, croup, derričre, hunker, pelvic limb, rump, tail). (various references) | |
Irish | anas (anus), timpireacht (anus), ÚthÚn (anus). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 穴 (ass, buttocks, hole), お尻 (bottom, buttocks). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おしり (bottom, buttocks), けつ (ass, buttocks, decision, deficiency, excellence, lack, mosquito larva, that, vacancy, vote). (various references) | |
Korean | 항문 (Anal). (various references) | |
Manx | thoyn (anus, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buttock, rectum, seat, vent). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arseay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | traseiro (ass, back, backside, behind, bottom, breech, bum, buttock, fundament, hind, hinder, posterior, rear, seat, stern), cu (ass). (various references) | |
Russian | зад (ass, back, backside, breech, bum, croupe, duff, end, fanny 2, fundament, hams, posterior, prat). (various references) | |
Spanish | ano (anus, ass). (various references) | |
Sranan | bakasey (anus, ass). (various references) | |
Swedish | arsel (backside), röv (ass). (various references) | |
Thai | ก้น (arris, ass, bazoo, boodie, boody, bottom, bum, buns, butt, caboose, duff, gazoo, keester, keyster, khyber pass, kiester, kyber pass, labonza, rusty-dusty), งานที่ล้มเหลว (ass), คำอุทานแส"งความรำคาญ (ass, frig!, knackers!, knickers!). (various references) | |
Turkish | kıç (ass, backside, behind, bottom, breech, bum, butt, buttocks, can, Fanny, fundament, ham, haunches, hindquarters, hip, nates, poop, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, slats, stern, tail, tail end, vent), göt (ass, Fanny, pluck). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | зад (ass, behind, breech, buttock, croup, fundament, posterior, prat). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nhuôi át. (various references) | |
Yucatec | it (anus, ass). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | anus, culus, podex. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "arse": arsenal, arsenals, arsenate, arsenates, arsenic, arsenical, arsenicals, arsenics, arsenide, arsenides, arsenious, arsenite, arsenites, arseno, arsenopyrite, arsenopyrites, arsenous, arses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "arse": carse, coarse, hearse, hoarse, marse, misparse, parse, rehearse, sparse. (additional references) | |
Words containing "arse": carses, catharses, coarsely, coarsen, coarsened, coarseness, coarsenesses, coarsening, coarsens, coarser, coarsest, farseeing, hearsed, hearses, hoarsely, hoarsen, hoarsened, hoarseness, hoarsenesses, hoarsening, hoarsens, hoarser, hoarsest, katharses, kiloparsec, kiloparsecs, marses, megaparsec, megaparsecs, misparsed, misparses, parsec, parsecs, parsed, parser, parsers, parses, rehearsed, rehearser, rehearsers, rehearses, sarsen, sarsenet, sarsenets, sarsens, sparsely, sparseness, sparsenesses, sparser, sparsest, unrehearsed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "Arse": Barse, Carse, parse. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ares, ears, eras, rase, sear, sera. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-r-s" | |
-1 letter: are, ars, ear, era, ers, ras, res, sae, sea, ser. | |
-2 letters: ae, ar, as, er, es, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-r-s" | |
+1 letter: acres, agers, apers, apres, areas, arise, arles, arose, arses, asker, asper, aster, aures, avers, bares, baser, bears, braes, cares, carse, dares, dears, earls, earns, erase, escar, eskar, eyras, fares, fears, gears, hares, hears, lares, laser, lears, mares, marse, maser, nares, nears, pares, parse, pears, prase, presa, races, rages, raise, rajes, rakes, rales, rapes, rares, rased, raser, rases, rates, raves, raxes, razes, reads, reals, reams, reaps, rears, resaw, resay, rheas, saber, sabre, safer, sager, saker, saner, saree, sarge, saver, sawer, sayer, scare, sears, serac, serai, seral, sewar, share, shear, smear, snare, spare, spear, stare, sware, swear, tares, tears, urase, ureas, ursae, wares, wears, years. | |
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