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ass

1

[ as ]

noun

  1. a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
  2. Also called wild ass. an African wild ass, kiang, onager, or any of their subspecies.
  3. a stupid, foolish, or stubborn person.


ass

2

[ as ]

noun

, Slang: Vulgar.
  1. the buttocks.
  2. the rectum.

-ass

3
or -assed
  1. a combining form of ass in the sense of “stupid person“ or “the buttocks,“ used in vulgar slang words as an intensifier or with disparaging intent: big-ass stupid-ass

ass.

4

abbreviation for

  1. assistant.
  2. association.
  3. assorted.

ass

1

/ æs /

noun

  1. slang.
    the buttocks
  2. slang.
    the anus
  3. offensive.
    sexual intercourse or a woman considered sexually (esp in the phrase piece of ass )
  4. cover one's ass slang.
    to take such action as one considers necessary to avoid censure, ridicule, etc at a later time
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ass

2

/ æs /

noun

  1. either of two perissodactyl mammals of the horse family ( Equidae ), Equus asinus ( African wild ass ) or E. hemionus ( Asiatic wild ass ). They are hardy and sure-footed, having longer ears than the horse asinine
  2. not in technical use the domesticated variety of the African wild ass; donkey
  3. a foolish or ridiculously pompous person
  4. not within an ass's roar of informal.
    not close to obtaining, winning, etc

    she wasn't within an ass's roar of it

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Sensitive Note

See arse.
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Other Words From

  • ass·like adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ass1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English asse, Old English assa, probably a pet name or diminutive form based on a Celtic form, e.g., Old Irish asan, Old Welsh asen, from Latin asinus; akin to Greek ónos “ass,” from a non-Indo-European language of Asia Minor, e.g., Sumerian anše “ass”

Origin of ass2

First recorded in 1860–65; variant of arse, with loss of r before s, as in passel, cuss, etc.; arse
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ass1

Old English ærs; see arse

Origin of ass2

Old English assa, probably from Old Irish asan, from Latin asinus; related to Greek onos ass
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Idioms and Phrases

More idioms and phrases containing ass

In addition to the idiom beginning with ass , also see break one's ass ; chew out (one's ass off) ; cover one's ass ; drag one's ass ; kick ass ; kick in the pants (ass) ; kiss ass ; make a fool (an ass) of ; pain in the ass ; stick it (up one's ass) ; you bet your ass .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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