Colloquial Variant guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
The wrong way round; exactly opposite to that which is desirable; contrary; conceptually inverted; wrong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, not-comparable, slang, vulgar
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Alternative form of arse around.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, alt-of, alternative, intransitive, slang, vulgar
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To turn round.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
be lazy or idle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: idle, laze, slug, stagnate
History
No etymology was provided for this word.
