jackass

See also: jack-ass

English

Alternative forms

jack-ass

Etymology

From jack +‎ ass

Pronunciation

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Noun

jackass (plural jackasses)

a male donkey
Synonym: jack
(chiefly US) a foolish or stupid person
Synonyms: fool, idiot, dink, dope, buffoon
(chiefly US) an inappropriately rude or obnoxious person
Synonyms: jerk, asshole, bastard, bitch
- 2004 King of the Hill (TV, season 8.8)
  Bobby, only jackasses go around saying how much money they make.

Derived terms

Translations

male donkey

Arabic: حِمَار‎ (ar) (ḥimār)
Cornish: margh asen m
Czech: osel (cs) m
Dutch: ezel (nl) m
Finnish: aasi (fi), aasiori (fi)
French: âne (fr) m
Georgian: ვირი (ka) (viri), სახედარი (saxedari)
German: Esel (de) m
Hebrew: חֲמוֹר‎ (he) m (ẖamór)
Italian: asino (it) m
Japanese: 牡驢馬 (おすろば, osuroba), 雄驢馬 (おすろば, osuroba)
Korean: 수탕나귀 (sutangnagwi)
Macedonian: ма́гаре n (mágare)

Manx: collagh assyl m
Navajo: téliichoʼí, téliichogii
Norwegian: esel (no) n
Polish: osioł (pl) m
Portuguese: burro (pt) m, jegue (pt) m, asno (pt) m
Russian: осёл (ru) m (osjól)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ма̀гарац m

Roman: màgarac (sh) m
Spanish: asno (es) m, burro (es) m
Swedish: : åsna (sv) c

foolish or stupid person

Arabic: غَبِيّ‎ (ḡabiyy)
Armenian: էշ (hy) (ēš)
Danish: idiot
Dutch: ezel (nl) m
Finnish: aasi (fi)
French: âne (fr) m, connard (fr)
Georgian: სულელი (suleli), ტუტუცი (ṭuṭuci), ჩერჩეტი (čerčeṭi)
German: Esel (de) m
Hebrew: חֲמוֹר‎ (he) m (ẖamór)
Hungarian: szamár (hu)
Italian: asino (it) m, babbeo (it) m
Japanese: 馬鹿者 (ja) (ばかもの, bakamono), 愚か者 (ja) (おろかもの, orokamono)

Korean: 멍청이 (ko) (meongcheong-i)
Navajo: doo ʼáhályáanii
Polish: osioł (pl) m
Portuguese: idiota (pt) m, asno (pt) m, burro (pt)
Russian: осёл (ru) m (osjól)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: идѝот m

Roman: idìot (sh) m
Spanish: idiota (es) m, burro (es) m
Swedish: åsna (sv) c

Proper noun

jackass

(poker slang) a jack and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity

Verb

jackass (third-person singular simple present jackasses, present participle jackassing, simple past and past participle jackassed)

(rare) to behave very obnoxiously

References

Rich McComas (2004-12-05), “Holdem Secrets - 400+ Pocket Cards”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, retrieved 2008-08-07

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