ass
Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
Adjective
- Of low quality; bad.
- 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. - 2019 February 5, Alex Miller, “Former...
- 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. - 2021 February 21, Thomas Carannante, “Patriots: Cam Newton...
- "You're so ass," Murray says to another player. - 2021 October 28, Josh Weinfuss, “What we learned about Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray by watching him on Twitch”, in ESPN:
Synonyms: cruddy lousy shoddy ass bad base below par bottom-shelf BTEC bum cheap cheap and nasty cheapshit cheesy chintzy coffee-and crap crappo crappy craptastic crapperific craptabulous craptacular crummy
Origin
Variant of arse; used chiefly in North America. Ultimately from Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Old High German ars (German Arsch), Old Norse ars, Old Frisian ers), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (compare Ancient Greek ὄρρος (órrhos)). Etymological notes Contrary to the widespread belief of this being a euphemism, it arose as a pronunciation spelling (of the older form arse still used in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) that shows the assimilation of /ɹ/ before coronal consonants (especially /s/), a phenomenon that has been present in nonstandard speech from the Middle English period onwards; this is distinct from the later phenomenon of non-rhoticity as /ɹ/ was lost before it could modify the preceding vowel. Other instances of this phenomenon (some of which retained both spellings with...
Noun US, countable
- The buttocks.
Synonyms: 'tocks arse arse cheeks ass ass cheeks back backside batty behind blessed assurance booty botty bottom bum bum cheeks buns butt butt cheeks buttocks caboose cheeks derriere dicky fanny
- The anus.
- Train compartment: two sick young junkies on their way to Lexington tear their pants down in convulsions of lust. One of them soaps his cock and works it up the other's ass with a corkscrew motion. - 1962 [1959],...
- That does it! Now listen! Why is it that everything today has involved things either going in or coming out of my ass? I’m sick of it! It’s completely immature! - 1997 Matt Stone & Trey Parker, "Cartman Gets an Anal...
- Sex; a person to have sex with; with vulgar emphasis on their corporeality (their body) over their personhood.
- I'm going to go down to the bar and try to get me some ass.
- piece of ass
- Acid, booze, and ass / Needles, guns, and grass - 1971, Joni Mitchell, “Blue”, in Blue:
Synonyms: poontang poon punani pussy tail tang aphrodisia carnal knowledge coitus coition commerce commixtion congress conjunction connection consummation conversation copulation coupling intercourse intimacy intimate relations intromission joining
- Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
- I feel like ass today.
- This room smells like ass.
- What a load of ass.
- A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body.
- Get your lazy ass out of bed!
- We risk our asses out there every day.
- I'ma get medieval on your ass!
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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
Noun Entry 3
- Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
- 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. - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel...
- 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...
- […] 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. - 1843 December 19, Charles...
- A stupid or inconsiderate person.
- 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.
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
- A compositor.
- Sometimes by way of joke, and sometimes by way of irritation, compositors are called Asses by the pressmen. - [1841, William Savage, Dictionary of the Art of Printing, page 24:
Origin
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”)).
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African wild ass ass cart Big Ass Lake Buridan's ass jackass make an ass of Somali wild ass the law is an ass wild ass yee-yee ass zebrass
Particle
- Synonym of -ass (used to intensify an adjective).
- That was one big ass fish!
- That's an expensive ass car!
Synonyms: -ass