laughing jackass

noun

1. kookaburra.

laughing jackass

noun

1. See kookaburra
   another name for kookaburra

Word History and Origins

Origin of laughing jackass¹

First recorded in 1780–90; so called because of its loud braying sound

Example Sentences

For it is a biped and not a quadruped; not that as a biped "the Laughing Jackass" is by any means a lusus natur.

From Project Gutenberg

If hissing heard anywhere, up starts the Laughing Jackass and down he comes on the snake, and there's an end of the hissing.

From Project Gutenberg