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