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1. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   "he deserves a good kick in the arse";
   - buttocks, nates [technical], butt [N. Amer, informal], backside, bum [Brit, informal], buns [N. Amer, informal], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament, hindquarters, hind end, posterior, rear [informal], rear end [informal], rump, stern [informal], seat, tail [N. Amer, informal], tail end, tooshie [informal], tush [N. Amer, informal], bottom, behind, derriere, bahookie [UK, dialect, informal], botty [informal], heinie [US, informal], duff [N. Amer, informal], booty [N. Amer, informal], patootie [US, informal], tushy [N. Amer, informal], derrière
    
2. Vulgar slang for anus

1. Be bothered to do something
   "can't be arsed"; "I'll do it when I can be arsed"

Derived forms: arses, arsed, arsing

Type of: anus, body part

Part of: body, torso, trunk

Encyclopedia: Arse, Sumatra