arse

Meaning

1. The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.
2. (slang) A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person.
3. (slang) Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
4. (slang) 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.

ass

hind end

tooshie

caboose

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɑːs/

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 *h₃érsos (“backside, buttocks”) (according to Julius Pokorny and Carl Darling Buck).