Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A male ass or donkey.
- noun A foolish or stupid person; a blockhead.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A male ass; a jack.
- noun Hence A very stupid or ignorant person: used in contempt.
- noun Nautical, same as
hawse-bag .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The male ass; a donkey.
- noun A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead; -- disparaging and offensive.
- noun (Naut.) a three-masted vessel, with only the foremast square-rigged; a barkentine.
- noun (Zoöl.) the koba.
- noun (Zoöl.) See Jack rabbit, under 2d
Jack , n. - noun (Zoöl.) any species of penguin of the genus Spheniscus, of which several are known. One species (
Spheniscus demersus ) inhabits the islands near the Cape of Good Hope; another (Spheniscus Magellanicus ) is found at the Falkland Islands. They make a noise like the braying of an ass; -- hence the name. - noun (Zoöl.) See under
Laughing .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A male
donkey . - noun A
foolish orstupid person. - noun An
inappropriately rude orobnoxious person. - proper noun poker slang A
jack and anace as a starting hand inTexas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity - verb rare To behave very obnoxiously.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun male donkey
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
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Examples
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There's no more use of the word "jackass," which created a mild controversy over the original.
NYT > Home Page By PAMELA PAUL 2011
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Note to editor: If I can't say the word 'jackass' substitute the word 'jerk', but I really do mean 'jackass'.
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I was just watching the new Hancock trailer again and I noticed that "jackass" is used twice in that trailer alone.
Since When is Jackass an Acceptable Word in Trailers? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Lem, neocon may or may not be shorthand for Jews in some media circles, but in any circle you encounter, "jackass" is shorthand for Joe Klein.
"Prince of Darkness Denies Own Existence." Ann Althouse 2009
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What kind of jackass is STILL packing scissors when he/she goes on a flight?
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As far as I can tell this jackass is just a garden variety bum.
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As far as I can tell this jackass is just a garden variety bum.
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As far as I can tell this jackass is just a garden variety bum.
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As far as I can tell this jackass is just a garden variety bum.
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As far as I can tell this jackass is just a garden variety bum.
muamor commented on the word jackass
This word insults donkeys.
February 28, 2008
yarb commented on the word jackass
Citation on unctuous.
June 28, 2008
100001016886860 commented on the word jackass
Male donkey: Not only was a hourse used as transportation, so was jackass's. (newbury house dic.)
October 30, 2010