ass
Part of speech: noun
adj
particle
Morphological type: simple
Topics: media
printing
publishing
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”)).
Inflected forms:
form: asses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
pos: noun
examples: And Iesse tooke an asse laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by Dauid his sonne vnto Saul.
Thus the Aſſe having a peculiar mark of a croſſe made by a black liſt down his back, and another athwart, or at right angles down his ſhoulders; common opinion aſcribes this figure unto a peculiar ſignation; ſince that beaſt had the honour to bear our Saviour on his back.
[…] suddenly a man, in foreign garments: wonderfully real and distinct to look at: stood outside the window, with an axe stuck in his belt, and leading an ass laden with wood by the bridle.
Pliny the Elder states that, to increase sexual potency, the right testis of an ass should be worn in a bracelet.
In this section "animal" means any horse, cattle, ass, mule, sheep, pig, goat or dog.
gloss: A stupid or inconsiderate person.
pos: noun
tags: often
vulgar
examples: Near-synonyms: fool, idiot, jerk, asswipe; see also Thesaurus:jerk
That new kid left the cap off the syrup bottle again! What an ass.
He is such an ass for leaving the house door open.
Oh Vengeance! / Who? What an Aſſe am I?
I had sprung to my feet. I was speaking, and yet I had prepared no words. Tarp Henry, my companion, was plucking at my skirts and I heard him whispering, "Sit down, Malone! Don't make a public ass of yourself."
gloss: A compositor.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
slang
examples: Sometimes by way of joke, and sometimes by way of irritation, compositors are called Asses by the pressmen.
gloss: Of low quality; bad.
pos: adj
tags: Canada
US
not-comparable
slang
vulgar
examples: On a recent episode of "The Justin Dunning Podcast," Starkel shared his thoughts on Martell, a former Ohio State quarterback, saying "he's ass my dude" in reference to Starkel.
For some reason, the teenager thought it’d be a good idea to criticize Newton and say he's "ass" and that he’s "about to be poor" because he's a free agent.
"You're so ass," Murray says to another player.
gloss: Synonym of -ass (used to intensify an adjective).
pos: particle
tags: US
slang
vulgar
examples: That was one big ass fish!
That's an expensive ass car!
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
Translations:
lang: Afar
word: danán
lang: Arabic
word: حِمَار
roman: ḥimār
lang: Arabic
word: حُمار
roman: ḥumār
lang: Aramaic
word: ܚܡܪܐ
roman: ḥəmārā
lang: Aramaic
word: ܚܡܪܬܐ
roman: ḥəmārtā
lang: Aramaic
word: ܐܬܢܐ
roman: ʾăṯānā
lang: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
word: חֲמָרָא
roman: ḥămārā
lang: Armenian
word: էշ
roman: ēš
lang: Armenian
word: ավանակ
roman: avanak
lang: Asturian
word: xumentu
lang: Asturian
word: pollín
lang: Asturian
word: burru
lang: Azerbaijani
word: eşşək
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ulaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: uzunqulaq
lang: Baluchi
word: ہر
roman: har
lang: Basque
word: asto
lang: Bulgarian
word: мага́ре
roman: magáre
lang: Bulgarian
word: осе́л
roman: osél
lang: Bulgarian
word: осли́ца
roman: oslíca
lang: Catalan
word: ase
lang: Catalan
word: burro
lang: Catalan
word: ruc
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 驢 /驴
roman: lǘ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 驢子 /驴子
roman: lǘzi
lang: Chuvash
word: ашак
roman: aš̬ak
lang: Czech
word: osel
lang: Danish
word: æsel
lang: Dutch
word: ezel
lang: Egyptian
word: aA:D52-E7
roman: ꜥꜣ
lang: Esperanto
word: azeno
lang: Estonian
word: eesel
lang: Faroese
word: asni
lang: Finnish
word: aasi
lang: French
word: âne
lang: Old French
word: asne
lang: German
word: Esel
lang: German
word: Eselin
lang: Greek
word: όνος
roman: ónos
lang: Greek
word: γάϊδαρος
roman: gáïdaros
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ὄνος
roman: ónos
lang: Hungarian
word: szamár
lang: Icelandic
word: asni
lang: Ido
word: asno
lang: Indonesian
word: keledai
lang: Interlingua
word: asino
lang: Irish
word: asal
lang: Isoko
word: ịkịtịkịtị
lang: Italian
word: asino
lang: Italian
word: ciuco
lang: Italian
word: somaro
lang: Italian
word: buricco
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: эшек
roman: eşek
lang: Kashmiri
word: خَر
roman: khar
lang: Kazakh
word: есек
roman: esek
lang: Korean
word: 나귀
roman: nagwi
lang: Korean
word: 당나귀
roman: dangnagwi
lang: Kyrgyz
word: эшек
roman: eşek
lang: Latin
word: asinus
lang: Latin
word: asellus
lang: Latin
word: asella
lang: Latvian
word: ēzelis
lang: Laz
word: ეშეღი
roman: eşeği
lang: Limburgish
word: aezel
lang: Macedonian
word: ма́гаре
roman: mágare
lang: Malay
word: keldai
lang: Manx
word: assyl
lang: Norwegian
word: esel
lang: Norwegian
word: asen
lang: Occitan
word: ase
lang: Occitan
word: asne
lang: Persian
word: خر
roman: xar
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Äsel
lang: Polabian
word: asål
lang: Polish
word: osioł
lang: Portuguese
word: asno
lang: Portuguese
word: burro
lang: Portuguese
word: jumento
lang: Portuguese
word: besta
lang: Portuguese
word: jerico
lang: Portuguese
word: jegue
lang: Romanian
word: măgar
lang: Romanian
word: asin
lang: Russian
word: осёл
roman: osjól
lang: Russian
word: иша́к
roman: išák
lang: Samoan
word: asini
lang: Sanskrit
word: गर्दभ
roman: gardabha
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: asal
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: aiseal
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ма̀гарац
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: màgarac
lang: Sicilian
word: sceccu
lang: Slovak
word: somár
lang: Slovak
word: osol
lang: Slovene
word: osel
lang: Spanish
word: asno
lang: Spanish
word: pollino
lang: Spanish
word: burro
lang: Spanish
word: jumento
lang: Spanish
word: acémila
lang: Spanish
word: borrico
lang: Spanish
word: rozno
lang: Spanish
word: rucho
lang: Sudovian
word: asilas
lang: Swedish
word: åsna
lang: Tagalog
word: asno
lang: Tarifit
word: aɣyur
lang: Tocharian B
word: kercapo
lang: Turkish
word: eşek
lang: Turkish
word: merkep
lang: Turkish
word: himar
lang: Turkish
word: karakaçan
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اشك
roman: eşek
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: مركب
roman: merkeb
lang: Vietnamese
word: lừa
lang: Volapük
word: cuk
lang: Welsh
word: asyn
lang: Zazaki
word: her (diq)