barse
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɑːs/Category:English 1-syllable words#BARSECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BARSE
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɑɹs/Category:English 1-syllable words#BARSECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BARSE
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BARSEAudio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)sCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)s#BARSECategory:Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)s/1 syllable#BARSE
Etymology 1
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BARSECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BARSE bars, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#BARSECategory:English terms derived from Old English#BARSE bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BARSECategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BARSE *bars, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#BARSECategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BARSE *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at bass (“fish”).
Noun
barse (plural barses)Category:English lemmas#BARSECategory:English nouns#BARSECategory:English countable nouns#BARSECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BARSECategory:Pages with entries#BARSECategory:Pages with 2 entries#BARSE
- The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch.
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Blend of balls + arseCategory:English blends#BARSE.
Noun
barse (plural barses)Category:English lemmas#BARSECategory:English nouns#BARSECategory:English countable nouns#BARSECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BARSECategory:Pages with entries#BARSECategory:Pages with 2 entries#BARSE
- (UKCategory:British English#BARSE, vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#BARSE, slangCategory:English slang#BARSE) The perineum of a man.
- 2000 March 13, death_hammer [username], “texas chainsaw 4”, in alt.horror (Usenet):
- So the prospects for this were pretty bad, and truly the most exciting thing I got out of watching this was feeling a pool of cold sweat collect in the hairy part of my barse, so livid was I with the treatment of Hooper's original classic.Category:English terms with quotations#BARSE
- 2002 September 5, bomba, “SR: Shorts Review”, in alt.mountain-bike (Usenet):
- The padding is also way too thin and I'm constantly aware of the pressure on my barse (I think perinium[sic] is the correct term) - something I don't have with my other shorts or tights.Category:English terms with quotations#BARSE
- 2012 March 28, Gazz, “After a mid size cruiser”, in uk.rec.motorcycles (Usenet):
- Going to be a cruiser style one me thinks, low seat making it easy to swing my leg over, laid back riding position, bit wide seat for my arse cheeks to sit on, rather than my barse being perched on a plank seat,Category:English terms with quotations#BARSE
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:barse.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:perineum.
Anagrams
Category:en:Perch and darters#BARSEYola
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:Yola terms inherited from Middle English#BARSECategory:Yola terms derived from Middle English#BARSE bars, from Old EnglishCategory:Yola terms inherited from Old English#BARSECategory:Yola terms derived from Old English#BARSE bærs, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Yola terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BARSECategory:Yola terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BARSE *bars.
Pronunciation
Noun
barseCategory:Yola lemmas#BARSECategory:Yola nouns#BARSECategory:Yola entries with incorrect language header#BARSECategory:Pages with entries#BARSECategory:Pages with 2 entries#BARSE
- bass (fish)
References
- Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review, volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 154