ass
nounnounadjectiveparticletop 1 000 in film dialogue
- Australia//ɑːs//
- //æs//
Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
noun
- 1
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.
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 beaſt had the honour to bear our Saviour on his back.
[…] 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.
Pliny the Elder states that, to increase sexual potency, the right testis of an ass should be worn in a bracelet.
- 2
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.
Oh Vengeance! / Who? What an Aſſe am I?
- 3
obsoleteA compositor.
Sometimes by way of joke, and sometimes by way of irritation, compositors are called Asses by the pressmen.
Etymology
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”)).
noun
- 1
slangThe buttocks.
- 2
slangThe 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.
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!
- 3
slangSex; 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
- 4
slangUsed in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
I feel like ass today.
This room smells like ass.
What a load of ass.
- 5
slangA 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!
"All these thugs better get their mind right and their ass out of our country before January 20th," Higgins wrote.
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slangA person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body. One's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc.
Mess up one more time and it's your ass on the line.
Etymology
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 different meanings) include cuss from curse, gash from garsh, bass (“fish”) from barse, bust from burst, passel from parcel; see :Category:English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/ for a more extensive list.
adjective
- 1
slangOf 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.
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.
"You're so ass," Murray says to another player.
particle
- 1
slangSynonym of -ass (used to intensify an adjective).
That was one big ass fish!
That's an expensive ass car!
Forms
- plural
- asses
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