duck-arsed

adjective

Having or pertaining to broad hips and large, bulging buttocks.

Meanings

adjectiveduck-arsed (comparative more duck-arsed, superlative most duck-arsed)

comparative more duck-arsed · superlative most duck-arsed · alternative duck arsed · alternative duckarsed

  1. UKslangvulgarindelicate; sometimes insulting; indelicate; sometimes insultingHaving or pertaining to broad hips and large, bulging buttocks.

    I'm delighted that you should admire Beecham. A pompous little duckarsed bandmaster who stood against everything creative in the art of his time.

    1963, John Fowles, The Collector, Pan Books paperback ed. (1965), p. 178
    1 more example

    All the girls, with the exception of May Callan, were squat, and as the country phrase had it—"duck-arsed." They were made for work, for breeding.

    1949, Patrick Kavanagh, Tarry Flynn: A Novel, Devin-Adair Co., page 78
  2. UKinformalHaving or pertaining to a hairstyle of the type called a duck's arse.
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