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noun

a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used importantly every bit a beast of burden.

a stupid, foolish, or stubborn person.

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Origin of ass

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

OTHER WORDS FROM ass

ass·like, adjective

Words nearby ass

asquint, Asquith, ASR, asrama, equally regards, ass, Assad, Assad, Hafez al-, assagai, assai, assail

Other definitions for ass (2 of iv)

Likewise Chiefly British Slang: Vulgar, arse .

Origin of donkey

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First recorded in 1860–65; variant of arse, with loss of r before southward, as in passel, cuss, etc.; see origin at arse

usage note for ass

Other definitions for ass (3 of 4)

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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-donkey.

Other definitions for ass (4 of 4)

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abbreviation

assistant.

association.

contrasted.

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Words related to ass

idiot, blockhead, dolt, ass, dope, dunce, fool, imbecile, jackass, jerk, nitwit, simpleton, twit, numskull

How to use ass in a sentence

• Even "Torres-Ossoff" — used in perhaps 100 entries by dozens of entrants to mean "tore his ass off" — proved confusing for a Spanish-speaking friend who read "Torres" in the authentic Spanish with rolled R'due south.

• Nosotros forego beach vacations for ski pdonkeyes, fix ungodly alarm times, pull warm children from their covers, fight traffic for hours, schlep gear wearing painful boots, and freeze our asses off all day.

• Putting these gldonkeyes on and taking them off is a pain in the donkey.

• A true bull would see his ass head and think, I tin can work with this.

• Your rich ass spends all 24-hour interval thinking upwardly new ways to lick the boots of a demigod while your organization withers.

• Ass-kick, bad guy-killing Carter is simply a future spinster.

• And so only looking forward to taking our sweetness ass time with this next ane.

• The revelation that, at historic period 42, Ben Affleck has 1 hell of an ass.

• "The entertainers still entertain—and the people notwithstanding have to get an ass-kick to become out and vote," Cosby said.

• Within, saturday at a homo 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: only Israel hath non known me, and my people hath not understood.

• And thy oxen, and the ass colts that till the ground, shall swallow mingled forage equally 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 Donkeyyria, a wild ass alone past himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.

British Lexicon definitions for donkey (1 of 2)

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noun

either of two perissodactyl mammals of the horse family unit (Equidae), Equus asinus (African wild ass) or Eastward. hemionus (Asiatic wild donkey). They are hardy and sure-footed, having longer ears than the horse Related adjective: asinine

(not in technical use) the domesticated diversity of the African wild ass; donkey

a foolish or ridiculously pompous person

not within an ass's roar of Irish gaelic informal not close to obtaining, winning, etc she wasn't inside an ass's roar of it

Word Origin for ass

Old English assa, probably from Old Irish asan, from Latin asinus; related to Greek onos donkey

British Dictionary definitions for donkey (two of 2)

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noun

mainly United states and Canadian slang the buttocks

mainly U.s.a. and Canadian slang the anus

mainly United states and Canadian offensive, slang sexual intercourse or a woman considered sexually (esp in the phrase piece of ass)

cover one'southward ass slang, mainly US and Canadian to take such action equally ane considers necessary to avoid censure, ridicule, etc at a later time

Word Origin for ass

Sometime English ærs; see arse

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Other Idioms and Phrases with ass

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In addition to the idiom offset with ass

• ass in a sling, have one'due south

too encounter:

• break one's ass
• chew out (i's ass off)
• cover one's ass
• drag one's ass
• kick ass
• kick in the pants (ass)
• kiss ass
• brand a fool (an ass) of
• pain in the ass
• stick it (up one's ass)
• you bet your donkey

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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