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–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 Audio Help (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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jackass1 [ˈdʒӕkӕs] noun

a male ass

Arabic:	حِمار
Chinese (Simplified):	公驴
Chinese (Traditional):	公驢
Czech:	osel, hlupák
Danish:	mulæsel
Dutch:	ezel
Estonian:	isaseesel
Finnish:	urosaasi
French:	âne
German:	der Esel
Greek:	γάιδαρος
Hungarian:	szamárcsődör
Icelandic:	asni
Indonesian:	keledai jantan
Italian:	asino

Japanese:	雄ロバ
Korean:	수탕나귀
Latvian:	ēzelis
Lithuanian:	asilas
Norwegian:	eselhingst
Polish:	osioł
Portuguese (Brazil):	jumento
Portuguese (Portugal):	burro
Romanian:	măgar
Russian:	осёл
Slovak:	somár
Slovenian:	osel
Spanish:	burro
Swedish:	åsnehingst
Turkish:	erkek eşek

jackass2 [ˈdʒӕkӕs] noun

a stupid person
Example: the silly jackass

Arabic:	غَبي
Chinese (Simplified):	笨蛋，愚人
Chinese (Traditional):	笨蛋，愚人
Czech:	osel
Danish:	æsel; fjols
Dutch:	domkop
Estonian:	puupea
Finnish:	pölkkypää
French:	idiot, idiote
German:	der Esel
Greek:	βλάκας
Hungarian:	szamár (emberről)
Icelandic:	flón, asni
Indonesian:	orang tolol
Italian:	somaro

Japanese:	まぬけ
Korean:	얼간이
Latvian:	muļķis
Lithuanian:	asilas
Norwegian:	tosk, fjols
Polish:	osioł
Portuguese (Brazil):	burro
Portuguese (Portugal):	burro
Romanian:	idiot
Russian:	осёл, дурак
Slovak:	somár, idiot
Slovenian:	osel
Spanish:	burro
Swedish:	åsna, dumskalle
Turkish:	aptal kişi, eşek

See also: laughing jackass

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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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