arse around

Questions about arse around

What does arse around mean?

arse around means "be lazy or idle". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for arse around?

Close synonyms include bum, bum around, bum about, arse about, fuck off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arse around a common word?

arse around is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.