Wiktionary
vb. (context intransitive slang English) To arse about; to behave in a clownish, irresponsible or inefficient manner.
WordNet
v. 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]
indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" [syn: horse around, fool around, fool]
Usage examples of "arse around".
We dont have time to arse around, so Im not going to let her arse around.
He gives you any trouble, kick his smoldering arse around the room a few times.
I'll kick your arse around the ward, sleeping when you're on guard duty!
Did he ten you they're proposing to launch a damn great Anglo-Bolshie peace initiative, yet another, which will duly fall on its arse around Christmas next?