"arsehole" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ)s.hoʊl/ Audio: en-uk-arsehole2.ogg [UK], EN-AU ck1 arsehole.ogg [Australia] Forms: arseholes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English arce-hoole, equivalent to arse + hole. Compare Old English ears-þyrel (“anus”, literally “arse-hole”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|arce-hoole}} Middle English arce-hoole, {{compound|en|arse|hole}} arse + hole, {{cog|ang|earsþerl|ears-þyrel|anus|lit=arse-hole}} Old English ears-þyrel (“anus”, literally “arse-hole”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} arsehole (countable and uncountable, plural arseholes)
  1. (Britain, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada (regional), mildly vulgar) The anus. Tags: Australia, Britain, Ireland, New-Zealand, countable, mildly, uncountable, vulgar Translations (anus): Anus (Afrikaans), codial [masculine] (Dalmatian), gat (Dutch), persereikä (Finnish), trou du cul (French), trou de balle [masculine] (French), fion [masculine] (French), rondelle [feminine] (French), boîte à caca [feminine] (French), ollo do cu [masculine] (Galician), ollete [masculine] (Galician), Arschloch [neuter] (German), κωλοτρυπίδα (kolotrypída) [feminine] (Greek), tóin [feminine] (Irish), sfintere [masculine] (Italian), ano [masculine] (Italian), buco del culo [masculine] (Italian), silit (Javanese), чмар (čmar) [masculine] (Macedonian), шупак (šupak) [masculine] (Macedonian), مقعد (Persian), cu [masculine] (Portuguese), за́дний прохо́д (zádnij proxód) (Russian), toll-tòine [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), riť [feminine] (Slovak), mkundu (Swahili), arselhål [neuter, vulgar] (Swedish), rövhål [neuter, vulgar] (Swedish), arsel [neuter, vulgar] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-arsehole-en-noun-s0T1gXxB Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Canadian English, Irish English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English swear words Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 14 30 16 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 16 27 6 Disambiguation of English swear words: 59 13 18 10 Disambiguation of 'anus': 90 0 0 10
  2. (mildly vulgar, offensive) An inconsiderate or mean-spirited person. Less vulgar and intense than fucker or cunt. Tags: countable, mildly, offensive, uncountable, vulgar Translations (inconsiderate or mean-spirited person): Rimpelkring (Afrikaans), 臭面人 (chhàu-bīn-lâng) [Hokkien] (Chinese), lul [masculine] (Dutch), klootzak [masculine] (Dutch), paskiainen (Finnish), con [masculine] (French), trou du cul (French), trouduc [masculine] (French), Arschloch [neuter] (German), μαλάκας (malákas) [masculine] (Greek), bajingan (Indonesian), bangsat (Indonesian), brengsek (Indonesian), keparat (Indonesian), stronzo (Italian), coglione (Italian), шупак (šupak) [masculine] (Macedonian), dupek [masculine] (Polish), cuzão [masculine] (Portuguese), крети́н (kretín) [masculine] (Russian), приду́рок (pridúrok) [masculine] (Russian), mac na galla [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), toll-tòine [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), kokot [masculine] (Slovak), gilipollas (Spanish), mkundu (Swahili), arsel [neuter, vulgar] (Swedish), rövhål [neuter, vulgar] (Swedish), skitstövel (english: slightly vulgar) [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-arsehole-en-noun-N8FtbLyd Disambiguation of 'inconsiderate or mean-spirited person': 8 86 5 1
  3. (UK, Ireland, vulgar, uncountable) A variant of the card game big two. Tags: Ireland, UK, uncountable, vulgar
    Sense id: en-arsehole-en-noun-BSdd-DEG Categories (other): British English, Irish English
  4. (vulgar) Alternative form of asshole (“anything unpleasant or undesirable”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable, vulgar Alternative form of: asshole (extra: anything unpleasant or undesirable)
    Sense id: en-arsehole-en-noun-ftV2date
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: asshole [US] Derived forms: arseholed, arseholedom, arseholery, arseholic, arseholism, arseholehood, arseholey, rip someone a new arsehole, tear someone a new arsehole

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1986, Keri Hulme, The Knife and the Stone: Te Kaihau: The Windeater, page 103",
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          "text": "2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Part 4: The Bosom of the Family, page 533,\nLessons aren't due to resume until two, and Sugar is longing for the respite, if only for the opportunity to remedy her physical discomforts – numb, half-frozen feet, armpits clammy with sweat, a sore and itchy arsehole."
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "code": "fa",
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          "sense": "anus",
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          "sense": "anus",
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          "text": "Shut up, you big dummy! – Hey! Don't call me “big dummy”, you arsehole!",
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Donna Moore, Go to Helena Handbasket, page 55",
          "text": "“He's dead, you arsehole!” I yelled at the top of my lungs, determined to get a word in edgeways.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Bernice Friesen, The Book of Beasts, page 345",
          "text": "Marilyn, ye must know that he was an arsehole as well as an idiot. Everyone must tell you that.",
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          "ref": "2009, Ozzy Osbourne, I Am Ozzy, unnumbered page",
          "text": "But I said to her, ‘Look, I don't know what your real feelings are towards your father, but I strongly advise you, if you've got anything to say to him, even if it's just to call him an arsehole again, do it now.[…]’",
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          "word": "Rimpelkring"
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          "roman": "chhàu-bīn-lâng",
          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
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          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
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          "word": "con"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
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          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
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          "word": "Arschloch"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "malákas",
          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
          "word": "bangsat"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
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          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
          "word": "keparat"
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          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
          "word": "stronzo"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
          "word": "coglione"
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          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
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          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
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          "word": "dupek"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "cuzão"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kretín",
          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "крети́н"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pridúrok",
          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "приду́рок"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
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          "word": "mac na galla"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "toll-tòine"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "anus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "fr",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "ollete"
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      "sense": "anus",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Arschloch"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "anus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "jv",
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      "sense": "anus",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "anus",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "anus",
      "word": "مقعد"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cu"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "anus",
      "word": "за́дний прохо́д"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "code": "sv",
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      ],
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "stronzo"
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      "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
      "word": "coglione"
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "крети́н"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "приду́рок"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
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      "word": "mac na galla"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "word": "toll-tòine"
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      "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
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      "word": "kokot"
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      "word": "gilipollas"
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      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "rövhål"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "slightly vulgar",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inconsiderate or mean-spirited person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skitstövel"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "arsehole"
  ],
  "word": "arsehole"
}

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