Usually means: Buttocks, often used informally, vulgarly.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word arse:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. arse: Merriam-Webster
  2. arse, arse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. arse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. arse: Collins English Dictionary
  5. arse: Vocabulary.com
  6. arse: Wordnik
  7. Arse, arse, arse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ARSE, arse: Wiktionary
  9. arse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. arse: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Arse, arse: Dictionary.com
  12. arse: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. ARSE, Arse (disambiguation), Arse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Arse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. arse: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. arse: Rhymezone
  17. Arse: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. arse: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. Arse: Britih-American Dictionary
  20. arse: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. arse: FreeDictionary.org
  22. arse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. arse: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. arse: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  25. arse: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. arse: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. ARSE: Acronym Finder
  2. arse: Magic or Madness
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. arse: Idioms

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. arse, arse, arse: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. arse: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Arse: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  4. A.R.S.E, ARSE: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See arses as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (Commonwealth, now vulgar) The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.
noun:  (chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, slang) A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person.
noun:  (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
noun:  (vulgar, slang, metonymically, countable) A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body; (by extension) one's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc.
verb:  (Commonwealth, slang, intransitive) To be silly, act stupid or mess around.
noun:  (biochemistry) Abbreviation of arylsulfatase E, an enzyme, deficiencies in which are associated with abnormalities in cartilage and bone development.

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