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jack⋅ass

[jak-as]
–noun
1. a male donkey.
2. a contemptibly foolish or stupid person; dolt; blockhead; ass.

Origin:
1720–30; jack 1 + ass 1


jack⋅ass⋅er⋅y, noun
jack·ass   (jāk'ās')   
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

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.
Language Translation for : jackass
Spanish: burro,
German: der Esel,
Japanese: 雄ロバ

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