English Explanatory Dictionary

ass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
  2. A stupid or inconsiderate person.
  3. A compositor.
noun
  1. The buttocks.
  2. The anus.
  3. Sex; a person to have sex with; with vulgar emphasis on their corporeality (their body) over their personhood.
  4. Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
  5. A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body.
  6. One's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc.
adj
  1. Of low quality; bad.
particle
  1. Synonym of -ass (used to intensify an adjective).
noun
  1. Initialism of argininosuccinate synthase.
  2. Initialism of antisynthetase syndrome.

Pronunciation

ăs /æs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-ass.wav en-us-ass.ogg

Word forms

ass asses @$$

Etymology

From Middle English asse, from Old English assa, back-formed from assen (“she-ass”), from Celtic (compare Old Irish asan, Old Cornish asen), from Latin asinus. Displaced Old English esol, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, also a loanword from the same Latin word. Sense “stupid person” from the animal's reputation for stubbornness, going back to antiquity (compare Latin asinus (“slow-witted person”)).

Synonyms

fool idiot jerk asswipe assbag assbreath assbucket asscunt assface assfag assfaggot assfuck assfucker asshat asshead asshole assmonkey assmouth assmunch assmuncher asstard asswagon assweed bag of dicks ball sack ballsucker barf bag bastard berk bitchcunt bitchface bitchfuck bitchwhore blackguard buttface butthead buttmunch buttmuncher choad chunderhead chunk-blower cockbag cockbreath cockface cockfag cockfuck cockfucker cock gobbler cockhead cock-knocker cockmonger cockmunch cockmuncher cocksack cockshit cocksuck cocksucker cockwad cockwaffle cockweasel

Related words

asinine

Derived words

African wild ass ass cart Big Ass Lake Buridan's ass make an ass of Somali wild ass the law is an ass wild ass yee-yee ass zebrass jackass a-double-s assage assback ass-backward ass backward ass-backwards ass backwards assbag ass bandit ass beating ass-blast ass blast assbrain ass-brained assbreath ass-breath ass breath assbucket Assburgers assbutt ass call ass catch asscheek ass cheeks assclown ass clown assclownery ass crack ass crack of dawn asscunt ass-eater ass eating assed assery assface assfag assfaggot assfish ass floss assfuck assfucker assgasm assgrab ass guard asshair asshat ass hat asshattery asshatty

Translations

Afar: danán Arabic: حِمَار Arabic: حُمار Aramaic: ܚܡܪܐ Aramaic: ܚܡܪܬܐ Aramaic: ܐܬܢܐ Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: חֲמָרָא Armenian: էշ Armenian: ավանակ Asturian: xumentu Asturian: pollín Asturian: burru Azerbaijani: eşşək Azerbaijani: ulaq Azerbaijani: uzunqulaq Baluchi: ہر Basque: asto Bulgarian: мага́ре Bulgarian: осе́л Bulgarian: осли́ца Catalan: ase Catalan: burro Catalan: ruc Chinese Mandarin: 驢 /驴 Chinese Mandarin: 驢子 /驴子 Chuvash: ашак Czech: osel Danish: æsel Dutch: ezel Egyptian: aA:D52-E7 Esperanto: azeno Estonian: eesel Faroese: asni Finnish: aasi French: âne Old French: asne German: Esel German: Eselin Greek: όνος Greek: γάϊδαρος Ancient Greek: ὄνος Hungarian: szamár Icelandic: asni Ido: asno Indonesian: keledai Interlingua: asino Irish: asal Isoko: ịkịtịkịtị Italian: asino Italian: ciuco Italian: somaro Italian: buricco Karachay-Balkar: эшек Kashmiri: خَر Kazakh: есек Korean: 나귀 Korean: 당나귀 Kyrgyz: эшек Latin: asinus Latin: asellus Latin: asella
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