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ARSE AROUND
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Indulge in horseplay
Example:
The bored children were fooling about
Synonyms:
arse around; fool; fool around; horse around
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "arse around" is one way to...):
jest; joke (tell a joke; speak humorously)
play (be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Be lazy or idle
Example:
Her son is just bumming around all day
Synonyms:
arse about; arse around; bum; bum about; bum around; frig around; fuck off; loaf; loll; loll around; lounge about; lounge around; waste one's time
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "arse around" is one way to...):
idle; laze; slug; stagnate (be idle; exist in a changeless situation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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