ass

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A jackass, ass, or donkey.

noun

The definition of an ass is a horse like animal with a small build and long ears such as a donkey.
Eeyore on Winnie the Pooh is an example of an ass.
An ass is a word used to describe someone that is stupid, foolish or behaving badly, often considered a curse word or swear word.
An example of an ass is a person who is heckling a comedian at a performance.
An ass is defined as a slang word used to describe a person's buttocks.
An example of an ass is the part of your body that you sit on.

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ass

any of a number of horselike perissodactylous mammals (family Equidae) having long ears and a short mane, esp. the common wild ass (Equus asinus) of Africa: donkeys and burros are domesticated asses: in fables the ass is represented as obstinate and stupid
a stupid or silly person; fool

Origin of ass

Middle English asse from Old English assa, assen: probably from Old Irish assan or Welsh asyn, both from Classical Latin asinus

Slang the buttocks or anus: somewhat vulgar

Origin of ass

variant, variety of arse

-ass

Slang added to adjectives as an intensifier: mildly vulgar: a big-ass pickup truck

Origin of -ass

from ass

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ass

noun

pl. ass·es,

Any of several hoofed mammals of the genus Equus, resembling and closely related to the horses but having a smaller build and longer ears, and including the domesticated donkey.
A foolish or stupid person.

Origin of ass

Middle English asse from Old English assa perhaps a hypocoristic for Old English dialectal (Northumbrian) asal ultimately ( perhaps via a Celtic form akin to Old Irish asal ) from Latin asinus ; see asinine .

noun

pl. ass·es, Vulgar Slang

a. The buttocks.
b. The anus.
Sexual intercourse.

adjective

or assed

Used in combination with adjectives as an intensive: I don't want to play your dumb-ass game. That is one crazy-ass idea.

Origin of ass

Middle English ars from Old English ears ; see ors- in Indo-European roots.

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