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ass
1[ as ]
noun
- a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- a stupid, foolish, or stubborn person.
ass
2[ as ]
noun
Slang: Vulgar.
-ass
3or -assed
- 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.
4abbreviation for
- assistant.
- association.
- assorted.
ass
1/ æ /
noun
- 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
- not in technical use the domesticated variety of the African wild ass; donkey
- a foolish or ridiculously pompous person
- not within an ass's roar of informal.not close to obtaining, winning, etc
she wasn't within an ass's roar of it
ass
2/ æ /
noun
- slang.the buttocks
- slang.the anus
- offensive.sexual intercourse or a woman considered sexually (esp in the phrase piece of ass )
- cover one's ass slang.to take such action as one considers necessary to avoid censure, ridicule, etc at a later time
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See arse.
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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 óԴDz “ass,” from a non-Indo-European language of Asia Minor, e.g., Sumerian š “a”
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of ass1
Old English assa, probably from Old Irish asan, from Latin asinus; related to Greek onos ass
Origin of ass2
Old English æ; see arse
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Idioms and Phrases
- kick ass, kick ( def 33 ).
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 .Advertisement
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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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