ass (English) - Vocabulary & GRE App

Direct Cross-Language Association: “ass” in German

This word also exists in German! Meaning: “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of aß”

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ass

EN • English

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Direct German Translations & Equivalents:

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[DE]Arsch [DE]Po [DE]Popo [DE]Hintern

Definitions & Usage

noun

Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.

noun

(now often vulgar from conflation with etymology 2, noun sense 1) A stupid or inconsiderate person.

Example: “Near-synonyms: fool, idiot, jerk, asswipe; see also Thesaurus:jerk”

Example: “That new kid left the cap off the syrup bottle again! What an ass.”

Synonyms:

fool idiot jerk asswipe assbag assbreath assbucket asscunt

noun

(printing, slang, obsolete) A compositor.

noun

(countable and uncountable) The buttocks.

Synonyms:

'tocks arse arse cheeks ass cheeks back backside batty behind

Translations:[DE]Arsch [DE]Po [DE]Popo [DE]Hintern

noun

(countable and uncountable) The anus.

Example: “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!”

noun

(synecdochic, uncountable) Sex; a person to have sex with; with vulgar emphasis on their corporeality (their body) over their personhood.

Example: “I'm going to go down to the bar and try to get me some ass.”

Example: “piece of ass”

Synonyms:

poontang poon punani pussy tail tang aphrodisia carnal knowledge

noun

(uncountable) Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.

Example: “I feel like ass today.”

Example: “This room smells like ass.”

noun

(synecdochic, countable) A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body.

Example: “Get your lazy ass out of bed!”

Example: “We risk our asses out there every day.”

adjective

(vulgar, slang, Canada, US) Of low quality; bad.

Synonyms:

cruddy lousy shoddy bad base below par bottom-shelf BTEC

particle

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Synonym of -ass (used to intensify an adjective).

Example: “That was one big ass fish!”

Example: “That's an expensive ass car!”

Synonyms:

-ass

Notable Literary & Historical Quotes

“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.”

— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 16:20:

“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.”

— 1650, Thomas Browne, “Of the Same [i.e., the Blacknesse of Negroes]”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 6th book, page 282:

“[…] 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.”

— 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 51: