jackass

See also: jack-ass

English

Alternative forms

• jack-ass

Etymology

From jack +‎ ass

Pronunciation

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Noun

jackass (plural jackasses)

1. a male donkey

   Synonym: jack

2. (chiefly US) a foolish or stupid person

   Synonyms: fool, idiot, dink, dope, buffoon

3. (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

• jackass penguin
• jackassy
• laughing jackass

 

Translations

male donkey

• Arabic: حِمَار (ar) (ḥimār)
• Bulgarian: мъжко магаре (mǎžko magare)
• 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)
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• 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)
• Bulgarian: глупак (bg) m (glupak)
• 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)
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• 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

1. (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)

1. (rare) to behave very obnoxiously

References

• Rich McComas (2004 December 5) “Holdem Secrets - 400+ Pocket Cards”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], retrieved 2008-08-07