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jackass

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jack·ass  (jks)
n.
1. A male ass or donkey.
2. A foolish or stupid person; a blockhead: "You've acted like an irrational jackass and it's time you stopped" (Margaret Truman).

jackass [ˈdʒækˌæs]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a male donkey
2. a stupid person; fool
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)
laughing jackass another name for kookaburra
[from jack1 (male) + ass1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jackassjackass - a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool, sap - a person who lacks good judgment
2.jackass - male donkey
ass - hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse
Translations
jackass [ˈdʒækæs] N (= donkey) → asno m, burro m (fig) (= person) → burro m

jackass [ˈdʒækæs] n (= fool) → crétin m

jackass
n (= donkey)Eselhengst m; (inf: = person) → Esel m (inf), → Blödmann m (inf), → Nullchecker(in) m(f) (inf)

jackass [ˈdʒækˌæs] n (also) (fig) (old) → asino, somaro
jackass [ˈdʒækˌæs] n (also) (fig) (old) → asino, somaro

jackass
n jackass [ˈdʒӕkӕs]
1 a male ass. donkiehings, eselhings حِمار задник osel, hlupák mulæsel der Esel γάιδαρος burro isaseesel الاغ نر urospuolinen aasi âne חֲמוֹר गधा, गदहा magarac szamárcsődör keledai jantan asni asino 雄ロバ 수컷 당나귀 asilas ēzelis keldai jantan ezel eselhingst osioł burro măgar осёл somár osel magarac åsnehingst ลาตัวผู้ erkek eşek 公驢 осел نر گدھا con lừa đực
2 a stupid person the silly jackass! domkop غَبي глупак osel æsel; fjols der Esel βλάκας burro puupea آدم احمق typerys idiot, idiote חֲמוֹר मूर्ख, बेवकूफ glupan szamár (emberről) orang tolol flón, asni somaro まぬけ 바보 asilas muļķis dungu domkop tosk, fjols osioł burro idiot осёл, дурак somár, idiot osel glupak åsna, dumskalle คนโง่; คนบัดซบ; คนทึ่ม; คนเซ่อ aptal kişi, eşek 笨蛋,愚人 дурень, телепень بے وقوف آدمی kẻ ngốc
laughing jackass
a type of Australian bird that sounds as if it is laughing. Kookaburra طَيْر أسْترالي австр. птица ledňák obrovský latterfugl der Lachvogel είδος αυστραλιανής αλκυόνας που ο ήχος της θυμίζει γέλιο martín pescador kuukabarra پرنده کوکابورا isonauraja dacélo צִיפוֹר אוֹסטרָלִית एक तरह की आस्ट्रेलियाई चिड़िया जिसकी आवाज हंसी की तरह लगती है australska ptica rugalica jégmadár burung kukabura hláturfugl, kókabúrra alcione gigante わらいかわせみ 웃음물총새 Australijos tulžys, kukabara sejenis burung Raja Udang lachvogel latterfugl (rodzaj zimorodka) pássaro pescăruş albastru de Australia зимородок-хохотун rybárikovec obrovský avstralski vodomec kukabura skrattfågel, jättekungsfiskare นกพันธุ์หนึ่งของออสเตรเลียที่มีเสียงร้องคล้ายเสียงกำลังหัวเราะ gülen balıkçıl 笑翠鳥鳩 великий австралійський зимородок ایک قسم کا آسٹریلیائی پرندہ chim bói cá Úc


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TRAVELLING through the sage-brush country a Jackass met a rabbit, who exclaimed in great astonishment:
Take a jackass, for instance: a jackass has that kind of strength, and puts it to a useful purpose, and is valuable to this world because he is a jackass; but a nobleman is not valuable because he is a jackass.
Accepting the Jackass as the type of self-sufficient stupidity and conceit--a custom, perhaps, like some few other customs, more conventional than fair--then the purest jackass in Cloisterham is Mr.
 
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