(Britain, informal, vulgar) A hairstyle in which the hair is swept back along the sides of the head to meet in a point at the back, thus resembling the tail feathers of a duck.

Alternative form of arse around / (obsolete, slang) To turn round.

(idiomatic, archaic, slang) to hang back, to be afraid to advance.

(slang) The wrong way round; exactly opposite to that which is desirable; contrary; conceptually inverted; wrong.

(Britain, colloquial, mildly vulgar) Extremely drunk.

(idiomatic) One who is particularly flippant or insolent or tends to make snide remarks or jokes.

(slang, chiefly Britain, indelicate, sometimes insulting, vulgar) Having or pertaining to broad hips and large, bulging buttocks.

Alternative spelling of duck-arsed

(obsolete) A schoolmaster.

Alternative spelling of whoop-ass