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Jackass

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jack·ass

[jak-as] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	a male donkey.

2.	a contemptibly foolish or stupid person; dolt; blockhead; ass.

[Origin: 1720–30; jack¹ + ass¹

]

—Related forms

jack·ass·er·y, noun

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jack·ass (jāk'ās') Pronunciation Key
n.

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

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
jackass

1727, from jack (n.) + ass (q.v.). Meaning "stupid person" is attested from 1823.

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jackass
noun
1.	a man who is a stupid incompetent fool [syn: fathead]
2.	male donkey [syn: jack]

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Jackass

Jack"ass`\, n. [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 (Zo["o]l.), the koba.

Jackass hare, Jackass rabbit (Zo["o]l.). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack, n.

Jackass penguin (Zo["o]l.), 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. (Zo["o]l.) See under Laughing.

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