arse about

== English == === Alternative forms === arse-about (adjective) === Pronunciation === === Verb === arse about (third-person singular simple present arses about, present participle arsing about, simple past and past participle arsed about) (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) Alternative form of arse around. (obsolete, slang) To turn round. === Adjective === arse about (not comparable) (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The wrong way round; exactly opposite to that which is desirable; contrary; conceptually inverted; wrong. === References === [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811), “Arse about”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.