Definitions for ass
æsass

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, assnoun

   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?"

2. assnoun

   a pompous fool

3. assnoun

   hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse

4. fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtupnoun

   slang for sexual intercourse

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assnoun

   Etymology: asinus, Lat.

   1. An animal of burden, remarkable for sluggishness, patience, hardiness, coarseness of food, and long life.

   You have among you many a purchas’d slave,
   Which, like your asses, and your dogs and mules,
   You use in abject and in slavish part,
   Because you bought them. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   2. A stupid, heavy, dull fellow; a dolt.

   I do begin to perceive that I am made an ass. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

   That such a crafty mother
   Should yield the world to this ass! —— a woman that
   Bears all down with her brain; and her son
   Cannot take two from twenty for his heart,
   And leave eighteen. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

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1. ass

   Ass refers to the buttocks or posterior of a person or animal. It is a slang term often used to describe this part of the body in a casual or informal manner.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assnoun

   a quadruped of the genus Equus (E. 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. Assnoun

   a dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt

3. Etymology: [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. sel, Lith. asilas, Bohem. osel, Pol. osiel. The word is prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. athn she ass. Cf. Ease.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Ass

   as, n. a well-known quadruped of the horse family: (fig.) a dull, stupid fellow.—Asses' bridge, or Pons asinorum, a humorous name for the fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid. [A.S. assa, the earlier Teutonic form being esol, esil (Goth. asilus)—L. asinus; Gr. onos, ass. Perh. ult. of Semitic origin, as in Heb. āthōn, a she-ass.]

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assnoun

   the ass you sit on

2. assnoun

   ass as in "donkey" or "mule" or just a derogative term Shake ya ass! Watch yo self! Shake ya ass! Show me what you workin' with! -- Mystikal (Shake Ya Ass)

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1. ASS

   What does ASS stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the ASS acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. • Body Part
   • Equine
   • Fool
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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ass in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ass in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of ass in a Sentence

1. Scott C. Holstad:

   They gave me killer pills that knocked me on my ass for a few hours at least so I wouldn’t have to hear the godawful screaming. I’m exhausted and my blood boils and there’s nothing I can do. There was another life that seems so long ago and I try to reconstruct images, events, people, all just dreams tethered to the knife in my soul. This is my cross, my dagger, my napalm, my dance of the dead…

2. Andre Berto:

   I'm coming to kick Floyd's ass on September 12, best believe that I plan to bring it to Floyd and I'm not concerned about what 48 other fighters have been unable to do. Somebody is getting knocked out and it won't be me.

3. Kenny Bachman:

   And I’m thinking, ‘Why the f--- am I in the car next to some random ass dude I don’t even know?

4. Henry Seely:

   Indians are plenty smart. We catch small wood. Build small fire. Stand close and stay warm all over. White men not so smart. They catch big wood. Build big fire. Stand far away, burn face and freeze ass.

5. Proverb:

   The ass and his driver do not think alike.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ass
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ass
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ass
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ass