JACKASS

jack, jackass

(noun) male donkey

fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany

(noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

jackass (plural jackasses)

a male donkey

Synonym: jack

(chiefly, US) a foolish or stupid person

Synonyms: fool, idiot, dink, dope, buffoon

(chiefly, US) an inappropriately rude or obnoxious person

Synonyms: jerk, asshole, bastard, bitch

Proper noun

jackass

(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)

(rare) to behave very obnoxiously

Source: Wiktionary

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Jack"ass`, n. Etym: [2d jack + ass.]

1. The male ass; a donkey.

2. A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead. Jackass bark (Naut.), a three-masted vessel, with only the foremast square-rigged; a barkentine.

– Jackass deer (Zoöl.), the koba.

– Jackass hare, Jackass rabbit (Zoöl.). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack, n.

– Jackass penguin (Zoöl.), any species of penguin of the genus Spheniscus, of which several are known. One species (S. demersus) inhabits the islands near the Cape of Good Hope; another (S. Magellanicus) is found at the Falkland Islands. They make a noise like the braying of an ass; -- hence the name.

– Laughing jackass. (Zoöl.) See under Laughing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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