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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ass1 /æs/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- MammalsAlso called donkey. a long-eared, slow, sure-footed mammal, related to the horse and used chiefly to carry things.
- a stupid, foolish, or stubborn person.
ass2 /æs/USA pronunciation n. [countable] Vulgar.- the buttocks.
- the rectum.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ass1 (as),USA pronunciation n. - Mammalsa long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- Mammalsany wild species of the genus Equus, as the onager.
- a stupid, foolish, or stubborn person.
- Latin asinus; akin to Greek ónos ass
- Middle English asse, Old English assa, probably hypocoristic form based on Old Irish asan bef. 1000
- the buttocks.
- the rectum.
- [Slang.]sexual intercourse.
- bef. 1000; var of arse, with loss of r before s, as in passel, cuss, etc; Middle English ars, er(e)s, Old English ærs, ears; cognate with Old Frisian ers, Dutch aars, Old Norse, Middle Low German, Old Saxon, Old High German ars (German Arsch), Greek órrhos, Armenian or̄kh, Hittite arras; akin to Greek ourá̄, Old Irish err tail
- assistant.
- association.
- assorted.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ass /æs/ n - either of two perissodactyl mammals of the horse family (Equidae), Equus asinus (African wild ass) or E. hemionus (Asiatic wild ass). They are hardy and sure-footed, having longer ears than the horse
Related adjective(s): asinine - (not in technical use) the domesticated variety of the African wild ass; donkey
- a foolish or ridiculously pompous person
Etymology: Old English assa, probably from Old Irish asan, from Latin asinus; related to Greek onos ass ass /æs/ n - chiefly US Canadian slang the buttocks
- chiefly US Canadian slang the anus
Etymology: Old English ærs; see arse |