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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
Noun
1. a fool
2. a male donkey
3. laughing jackass same as kookaburra [jack (male) + ass]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jackassjackass - a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, twat, zany, goose
fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool, sap - a person who lacks good judgment
2.jackass - male donkey
jack
ass - hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse
Translations
Spanish jackass [ˈdʒækæs] n (also fig) → asno, burro
French jackass [ˈdʒækæs] n (also fig) → âne m
German jackass [ˈdʒækæs] jack (inf) n (person) → Esel m
Italian jackass [ˈdʒækæs] n (also fig) → asino, somaro
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TRAVELLING through the sage-brush country a Jackass met a rabbit, who exclaimed in great astonishment:
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
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.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context
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