ass
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Noun (4)asses
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on“he deserves a good kick in the butt”“are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?”Synonyms: buttocksnatesarsebuttbacksidebumbunscanfundamenthindquartershind endkeisterposteriorpratrearrear endrumpsternseattailtail endtooshietushbottombehindderrierefannyType of body partPart of torso, trunk
- a pompous foolType of fool, sap
- hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horseType of equine, equidKinds jennet, jack, wild ass, domestic assMember of Equus, genus Equus
- slang for sexual intercourseSynonyms: fuckfuckingscrewscrewingnookynookiepiece of asspiece of tailroll in the hayshagshtupType of sexual intercourse, intercourse
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Translations
Noun buttocks (vulgar)
- Spanish
- culo
- French
- cul
- German
- Arsch
- Italian
- culo
- Portuguese
- bunda
- Turkish
- göt
- Russian
- жо́па žópa
- Arabic
- مُؤَخَّرَة muʔaḵḵara
- Chinese
- 屁股 pìgu
- Japanese
- 尻 shiri
30 more languages
- Dutch
- kont
- Polish
- dupa
- Swedish
- röv
- Greek
- κώλος kólos
- Korean
- 궁둥이 gungdung'i
- Indonesian
- pantat
- Vietnamese
- đít
- Hungarian
- segg
- Portuguese (PT)
- cu
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 屁股 pìgu
- Albanian
- bythë
- Catalan
- cul
- Czech
- prdel
- Danish
- røv
- Esperanto
- pugo
- Estonian
- perse
- Finnish
- perse
- Georgian
- ტრაკი ṭraḳi
- Hebrew
- תַּחַת tákhat
- Icelandic
- rass
- Kurdish
- qûn
- Lithuanian
- šikna
- Norwegian
- ræv
- Romanian
- popou
- Scottish Gaelic
- màs
- Serbo-Croatian
- dupe
- Slovak
- riť
- Slovenian
- rit
- Welsh
- tin
- Yiddish
- תחת tokhes
Noun donkey
- Spanish
- asno
- French
- âne
- German
- Esel
- Italian
- asino
- Portuguese
- asno
- Turkish
- eşek
- Russian
- осёл osjól
- Arabic
- حِمَار ḥimār
- Chinese
- 驴子 lǘzi
- Dutch
- ezel
23 more languages
- Polish
- osioł
- Swedish
- åsna
- Greek
- όνος ónos
- Korean
- 나귀 nagwi
- Indonesian
- keledai
- Vietnamese
- lừa
- Hungarian
- szamár
- Portuguese (PT)
- asno
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 驢 lǘ
- Catalan
- ase
- Czech
- osel
- Danish
- æsel
- Esperanto
- azeno
- Estonian
- eesel
- Finnish
- aasi
- Icelandic
- asni
- Latvian
- ēzelis
- Norwegian
- esel
- Romanian
- măgar
- Scottish Gaelic
- aiseal
- Slovak
- osol
- Slovenian
- osel
- Welsh
- asyn
Noun stupid person
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. asse, AS. assa; akin to Icel. asni, W. asen, asyn, L. asinus, dim. aselus, Gr. …; also to AS. esol, OHG. esil, G. esel, Goth. asilus, Dan. æsel, Lith. asilas, Bohem. osel, Pol. osiel. The word is prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. ath…n she ass. Cf. Ease.
1. Zoology A quadruped of the genus Equus (Equus asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.
2. A dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt. William Shakespeare
Asses' Bridge. The fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid, “The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another.” Sportive “A schoolboy, stammering out his Asses' Bridge.” Frederick Harrison — To make an ass of one's self, to do or say something very foolish or absurd.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
The Devil's Dictionary
"Hail, holy Ass!" the quiring angels sing; "Priest of Unreason, and of Discords King!" Great co-Creator, let Thy glory shine: God made all else, the Mule, the Mule is thine!" G.J.