assleEtymologyFrom ass + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch aarzelen (“to hesitate; waver”).verbTo sit, move, or scoot about on one's buttocks; loaf; wander idly around; waste time.“"May all her public servants arsle around like buss-eyed catawumpuses ! That's what I say. Just like they'll do tomorrow, while we set here and laugh at 'em."”