jackass en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ˈd͡ʒækæs/ (General-American)
Etymology
From jack + ass.
Meanings
- (countable) A male donkey.
- (US, countable) A foolish or stupid person.
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(US, countable) An inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.
Bobby, only jackasses go around saying how much money they make.
2004 King of the Hill (TV, season 8.8)
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(US, slang, uncountable) A kind of bootleg liquor.
By now the wine counties were rife with the activity of the illegal wine trade and the force of the Prohibition Unit was hustling to keep up. At the start of the year, Officer William Navas had staged a raid on the dining room at Healdsburg's Hotel Sotoyome and discovered 'jackass' brandy […]
Vivienne Sosnowski, When the Rivers Ran Red: An Amazing Story of Courage and Triumph in America's Wine Country (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, p. 110)As the vintner Louis Foppiano recalled years later, Sonoma County during Prohibition became a center for bootlegging, not of wine, but of spirits. 'There were some big stills hidden up in the hills of Sonoma, some producing five hundred gallons of Jackass [spirits made from spring water and sugar] a day.'
Richard Mendelson, From Demon to Darling: A Legal History of Wine in America (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, p. 82)
- (Australia, countable, obsolete) The laughing kookaburra.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jackasses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
jackassy · jackass corn · howling jackass · jackass kingfisher · jackass penguin · jackass morwong · jackassness · jackass copal · jackass battery · jackhole · jackass of all trades · jackassism · jackaburra · jackassery · jackrabbit · jackassification · laughing jackass · jackass cover · jackass clover
Descendants
Synonyms
fathead · beanbrain · galoot · lamebrain · dunce · baboon · ha'porth · dingleberry · shitneck · dumbo · gomer · fenderhead · idiot · ass · featherbrain · doofoid · lunk · ninny · prat · jughead · stupe · sot · dumble · peagoose · nimrod · pigwidgeon · thicko · beetlehead · jack · stupid · gorbuson · wally · Boeotian · oaf · asstard · peckerhead · drongo · witless wonder · chowderhead · dimbus · peabrain · space cadet · silly · goofy · shitbrain · cretin · pillock · dunderhead · putz · log · spanner · juggins · Vulgar: · stupid-head · sap · cittern-head · halfwit · retard · blockhead · idiot · clot · chump · goosecap · lummox · muggins · bimbo · wazzock · saphead · tonto · yo-yo · plonker · cuckoo · donut · snapperhead · addle-brain · gimboid · lunkhead · mongoloid · shithead · dipstick · dumbfucker · fuckwit · bozo · tard · dummkopf · dope · dumbnut · meathead · doofus · deadhead · noddy · ninnyhammer · ignoramus · dolt · mushhead · fucktard · wantwit · shitwit · simp · clodpate · dork · gudgeon · chucklehead · drivel · fuck-knuckle · inbred · fleabrain · dingbat · brickhead · toolbox · dunderpate · dumbbell · mongtard · knucklehead · dummy · twat · asshat · buttbreath · imbecile · nit · tomfool · mental midget · tosspot · doodle · eejit · airhead · dumbfuck · asswipe · twit · donkey dick · fool · jackaninny · bubblehead · nincompoop · bitch · turkey · birdbrain · jerk · dumbling · lackwit · boob · mutt · smooth brain · he-ass · dumb bunny · meatball · goon · dildo · dumbhead · dullard · jellybrain · numbskull · beetlebrain · goof · pinhead · knothead · monkey · jerk · bastard · gonk · dimbo · maroon · dumb cluck · wazzer · bufflehead · jackass · doldrum · Alternative spelling of dumbass. · drool bucket · clod · hammerhead · dimwit · goober · dipshit · thickskull · ding dong · dim bulb · momo · buffoon · addle pate · plank · blubberbrain · thickhead · addlehead · berk · simpleton · goofball · put · nitwit · zany · mouth breather · Charlie · nincom · dip · bubble brain · farthead · goose · asshead · noodlehead · clown · dumbshit · doof · crackhead · bonehead · loggerhead · mome · fopdoodle · muttonhead · dingwad · assclown · jackaninny · brainlet · asshole · moron · schmo
Translations (78)
ka სულელი (foolish or stupid person) · bg мъжко магаре (male donkey) · fr âne (male donkey) · it asino (male donkey) · pt burro (male donkey) · sh màgarac (male donkey) · zza sipe (foolish or stupid person) · ja 馬鹿者 (foolish or stupid person) · mk ма́гаре (male donkey) · ca ase (foolish or stupid person) · hy էշ (foolish or stupid person) · nv téliichogii (male donkey) · sh идѝот (foolish or stupid person) · pt jegue (male donkey) · pt asno (foolish or stupid person) · fr âne (foolish or stupid person) · ka ვირი (male donkey) · fi aasi (male donkey) · ja 雄驢馬 (male donkey) · pt burro (foolish or stupid person) · sv åsna (foolish or stupid person) · nl ezel (foolish or stupid person) · zza sipe (male donkey) · nv téliichoʼí (male donkey) · mk глу́пак (foolish or stupid person) · pt idiota (foolish or stupid person) · ko 멍청이 (foolish or stupid person) · es asno (male donkey) · ar غَبِيّ (foolish or stupid person) · la asinus (male donkey) · de Dummkopf (foolish or stupid person) · he חֲמוֹר (male donkey) · cy asyn (foolish or stupid person) · ar حِمَار (male donkey) · es burro (foolish or stupid person) · ks خَر (male donkey) · nv doo ʼáhályáanii (foolish or stupid person) · fr connard (foolish or stupid person) · de Trottel (foolish or stupid person) · gv collagh assyl (male donkey) · sh idìot (foolish or stupid person) · fi aasi (foolish or stupid person) · it asino (foolish or stupid person) · ru осёл (foolish or stupid person) · ja 牡驢馬 (male donkey) · hu szamár (foolish or stupid person) · it babbeo (foolish or stupid person) · pdt Hollunk (foolish or stupid person) · pl osioł (male donkey) · bg глупак (foolish or stupid person) · zza sipi (male donkey) · he חֲמוֹר (foolish or stupid person) · fr abruti (foolish or stupid person) · pt asno (male donkey) · pl osioł (foolish or stupid person) · no esel (male donkey) · de Esel (foolish or stupid person) · ota اشك (foolish or stupid person) · de Esel (male donkey) · es burro (male donkey) · cs osel (male donkey) · es idiota (foolish or stupid person) · sh ма̀гарац (male donkey) · ka ჩერჩეტი (foolish or stupid person) · nl ezel (male donkey) · kw margh asen (male donkey) · da idiot (foolish or stupid person) · ur گَدھا (foolish or stupid person) · zza sitqere (foolish or stupid person) · ka ტუტუცი (foolish or stupid person) · ko 수탕나귀 (male donkey) · ja 愚か者 (foolish or stupid person) · ru осёл (male donkey) · fi aasiori (male donkey) · la onager (male donkey) · ka სახედარი (male donkey) · sv åsna (male donkey) · srn dyakas (male donkey)