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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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Example Sentences

Ass-kicking, bad guy-killing Carter is just a future spinster.

So just looking forward to taking our sweet ass time with this next one.

The revelation that, at age 42, Ben Affleck has one hell of an ass.

“The entertainers still entertain—and the people still have to get an ass-kicking to go out and vote,” Cosby said.

Inside, sat at a man on all fours, one high-heeled shoe in his mouth, the other protruding from his ass.

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.

And thy oxen, and the ass colts that till the ground, shall eat mingled provender as it was winnowed in the floor.

Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, sending thither the foot of the ox and the ass.

Think of Samson, who slew a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass!

For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.

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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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