arse around v 1: be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day" [syn: {bum}, {bum around}, {bum about}, {arse about}, {fuck off}, {loaf}, {frig around}, {waste one's time}, {lounge around}, {loll}, {loll around}, {lounge about}] 2: indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" [syn: {horse around}, {fool around}, {fool}]