Definition of ass in English English dictionary
- buttocks
- A beast of burden, particularly a donkey
- Used after an adjective to indicate extremes or excessiveness
That's an expensive-ass car!.
- Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant
What a bunch of ass. (What a load of crap.).
- Self
Get your lazy ass out of bed!.
- Sex
I’m going to go down to the bar and try to get me some ass.
- anus
- A jerk; a mean or rude person
- A stupid person (passing into Etymology 2)
Damn! That new kid left the cap off of the syrup bottle again! What an ass.
- asinus, smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears
- A quadruped of the genus Equus E
- The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity
- {i} donkey; stupid person, asshole (Slang); buttocks (Vulgar Slang)
- Your ass is your bottom
- {n} an animal of burden, a dull stupid person
- An ass is an animal which is related to a horse but which is smaller and has long ears
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
- slang terms for sexual intercourse
- A dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt
- hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse a pompous fool
- disapproval If you describe someone as an ass, you think that they are silly or do silly things. He was generally disliked and regarded as a pompous ass
- feelings Saying that someone can kiss your ass is a very rude way of expressing anger or disagreement
- a pain in the ass: see pain. or wild ass Either of two species of small, sturdy equines. Asses are 3-5 ft (90-150 cm) high at the shoulder. The African wild ass, or true ass (Equus asinus) is bluish gray to fawn; the Asiatic wild ass, or half-ass (E. hemionus) is reddish to yellow-gray. The half-ass differs from the true ass in that it has extremely long, slender legs, shorter ears, and larger hooves. The true ass has the alternating "hee-haw" bray. Desert dwellers, wild asses often inhabit regions that cannot support other large mammals. They are very swift runners. See also donkey
- There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed
- hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse
- a pompous fool
- ass bandit
- A man who seduces young women
- ass bandits
- plural form of ass bandit
- ass call
- An unintentional telephone call made from a cell phone in a back pant pocket due to body movement or sitting down
- ass calls
- plural form of ass call
- ass catch
- A catch made by bending over forward with one hand between one's legs and catching the prop behind one's buttocks
- ass catches
- plural form of ass catch
- ass clown
- An idiot, asshole, contemptible person
- ass clowns
- plural form of ass clown
- ass crack
- The gluteal cleft
- ass cracks
- plural form of ass crack
- ass hole
- Alternative spelling of asshole
- ass kicking
- Present participle of kick ass as a beating
- ass kicking
- A pre-arranged beating, in particular executed by someone with a bully's concept. As though it had been scheduled
Meet me after school for your ass kicking!.
- ass kissing
- the practise of kissing ass; flattery; obsequious behavior
- ass over teakettle
- Tumbling upside down
When the top step gave way he went ass over teakettle back down to the bottom.
- ass over teakettle
- Frantically
We've been scrambling ass over teakettle to get this thing done on time.
- ass over teakettle
- In complete disarray
After all that hard work cleaning up, along comes one big storm and we're ass over teakettle again.
- ass with two panniers
- A man walking with a woman on each arm
- ass-backwards
- Moving backwards, that is, rear end first
- ass-backwards
- Hopelessly misguided; having taken the utterly wrong choice
No wonder it doesn't work. The whole design is ass-backwards.
- ass-backwards
- Oriented backwards, particularly after a mishap
The car spun out of control and I ended up ass-backwards in a ditch.
- ass-backwards
- In a hopelessly misguided manner
They did the whole design ass-backwards. No wonder it doesn't work.
- ass-kisser
- Someone who kisses ass
- ass-licker
- someone who performs anilingus
- ass-licker
- Someone who succumbs to authority, doing whatever authority figures ask and attempting to please them in every possible way
- ass-rape
- To force anal sex upon another person, without their consent and/or against their will
- ass-rape
- The act of forcing anal sex upon another person, without their consent and/or against their will
- ass-rape
- To dominate in a contest
My experienced opponent will ass-rape me at chess.
- ass hole
- (Argo) Idiot, contemptible person
- ass hole
- (Argo) The anus
- ass backwards
- inside out; upside down; all wrong; mixed up
- ass in a lion's skin
- deceiver, someone who pretends to be greater than he truly is
- ass kisser
- {i} (Slang) apple polisher, person who is sycophantic, bootlicker
- -ass
- Intensifies an adjective, and sometimes adds a noun sense to it, the noun meaning, "one who is such"
- ARSE
- arylsulfatase E, an enzyme, deficiencies in which are associated with abnormalities in cartilage and bone development
- Mongolian wild ass
- the buttocks of a savage Mongolian
- Mongolian wild ass
- Equus hemionus hemionus; a subspecies of the onager, found in Mongolia and northern China
- arse
- buttocks; the back of anything
- arse
- stupid, mean or despicable person
- arse
- To have the effort to do something, to be bothered
I couldn't be arsed to write that essay for tomorrow.
- asses
- plural form of as
- asses
- plural form of ass
- bad-ass
- cool, awesome, heroic, admirable
- big-ass
- Very big
- blow smoke up someone's ass
- Alternative form of blow smoke
- bomb-ass
- Excellent; great; very successful
And you know that's right, but I still have to represent myself as the bomb-ass babe that I am,” I said as I joined in with her laughter.
- bubble ass
- A bubble butt
They'll find someone new with a bubble ass and a short dress.
- bust a cap in someone's ass
- Alternative form of pop a cap in someone's ass
- bust ass cold
- Extremely cold
It was bust ass cold out, but I still had to go in to work.
- bust one's ass
- to work very hard, to put in a lot of effort
- candy-ass
- A wimp
- cover someone's ass
- To make preparations or take precautions to ensure that a person is not blamed or punished for his or her conduct
Killian kept the files because he was trying to cover his ass, Via said. He was always worried something would come back on him..
- crazy-ass
- very crazy
- die in the ass
- To fail to function properly
My computer died in the ass yesterday when I tried to turn it on.
- die in the ass
- To be left unresolved
Our plans to go to France died in the ass.
- dumb ass
- stupid thing or stupid action
Marrying that drunkard was the most dumb-ass thing I ever did..
- dumb ass
- stupid person
Better a smart-ass than a dumb-ass any day..
- dumb-ass
- Alternative spelling of dumb ass
- fat-ass
- A rotund, overweight, or obese person
Bob is such a fat-ass he can barely put his feet together.
- fat-ass
- A jibe used on someone disliked or regarded as lazy
Yes, your whole department is full of fat-asses.
- gay-ass
- Lame, uncool
- get one's ass in gear
- To exert effective effort; to get going; to get moving; to start producing
He had been sitting there for two hours until the boss showed up and told him to get his ass in gear.
- half-ass
- Produced in an incompetent or desultory manner, or of something lacking in quality or substance; of low rank; incompetent
the only abortion she could get even in the city would be a half-ass job by some half-ass doctor who could mess her up for the rest of her life.
- half-ass
- To perform a task incompletely or carelessly. Usually considered derogatory or insulting
if you're working for me and I send you to do a job and you half-ass it, that reflects on me. In civilian life, we'd just fire you. Here I can't get rid of you.
- hard-ass
- tough, uncompromising and inflexible
- hard-ass
- A tough and combative person
Hopefully you don't take such a hard-ass approach as this.
- haul ass
- To hurry; to move quickly, especially to leave
It's the cops! Haul ass!.
- hauled ass
- Simple past tense and past participle of haul ass
- hauling ass
- Present participle of haul ass
- hauls ass
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of haul ass
- her ass
- she
Her ass is always late.
- his ass
- he
His ass is always late.
- horse's ass
- A jerk; an unpleasant, unlikable person; an asshole
At the party he behaved like a real horse's ass.
- horse's ass
- A thing or person which is visually unappealing
That is one horse's ass of a paint job.
- jenny-ass
- A female ass (donkey)
- kick ass
- To beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation
You will kick his ass with your improved serve.
- kick ass
- To be very impressive
The Mega Man X soundtrack really kicks ass!.
- kick ass
- Used to express happiness or a feeling of accomplishment
Kick ass! I just got my friend to stop playing that stupid song!.
- kick-ass
- Rough, aggressive; powerful and successful
- kick-ass
- Excellent, first-class
His plan is to create a company of 20 “kick-ass” dancers.
- kicked ass
- Simple past tense and past participle of kick ass
- kicking ass
- Present participle of kick ass
- kicks ass
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kick ass
- kiss ass
- to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously
- kiss my ass
- go away!; an expression of disdain or dismissal
- kiss-ass
- An obsequious person
- lard-ass
- An overweight person
- like ass
- Like feces
That dog smells like ass.
- like ass
- Offensively bad
Your band is good, but the singer sounds like ass.
- make an ass of
- To cause (someone) to seem foolish
- my ass
- Indicates disapproval, disagreement, or disbelief, often with a tone of disregard, disdain, or disgust
You're his brother, my ass! You look nothing alike.
- my ass
- I, myself; oneself in the third person
Now I gotta drag my ass to work.
- open a can of whoop ass
- A good-humored threat of physical harm
Chan stars in his first all-American production as chan as Hong Kong Detective Inspector Lee, a noble, innocent and caring police officer who can really bust open a can of whoop-ass when given the chance.
- pain in the ass
- something, or someone, that causes discomfort or is otherwise troublesome
- pains in the ass
- plural form of pain in the ass
- piece of ass
- A male prostitute
- piece of ass
- A very attractive woman, when considered as a sex object
- piece of ass
- An act of intercourse, especially a one night stand
- pop a cap in someone's ass
- To shoot someone with a gun
I been sayin' that shit for years. And if you heard it, that meant your ass. I never gave much thought to what it meant. I just thought it was some cold-blooded shit to say to a motherfucker before I popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice.
- punk-ass
- obnoxious, stupid or otherwise unworthy of respect
punk-ass bitch.
- put one's ass on the line
- to take a big risk
He put his ass on the line for his country and his family during the Second World War, but nobody seems to care about that anymore.
- ride someone's ass
- to find fault with someone, to constantly criticise
If he doesn't quit riding my ass over this dumb shit, I'm gonna punch him right in his face.
- sad ass
- One who has unfashionable interests or obsessions
What a sad ass.
- shake one's ass
- To perform a dance which involves lots of movement in the buttock area
I see you baby, shaking that ass, shaking that ass.
- shit ass
- A jerk; an inappropriately or objectionably mean, inconsiderate, contemptible, obnoxious, intrusive, or rude person
He is such a shit ass!.
- smart ass
- A person regarded with an obnoxiously determined advancement of one's own personality, wishes, or views
- smart-ass
- Alternative spelling of smart ass
- strange-ass
- very strange
- suck ass
- to be terrible, of extremely poor quality
- take it up the ass
- To be the recipient of anal sex
She doesn't take it up the ass.
- take it up the ass
- To be cheated or treated unfairly
I guess I'm just going to have to bend over and take it up the ass.
- taken it up the ass
- Past participle of take it up the ass
- takes it up the ass
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of take it up the ass
- taking it up the ass
- anal sex
- taking it up the ass
- Present participle of take it up the ass
- talk out one's ass
- To speak authoritatively on a subject which one actually knows little about; to exaggerate
- took it up the ass
- Simple past of take it up the ass
- up one's own ass
- having an excessively high opinion of oneself
Just like Leslie Grantham who also slagged off his costars, Forgeham blasted Zoe as egotistical and said she was full of herself...and up her own ass.
- weird-ass
- very strange
- wild-ass
- Any of several equine mammals of Asia and northeast Africa
- wild-ass
- Crazy; lacking caution or certainty
That's nothing but a wild-ass rumor.
- wild-ass
- A wild ass; an uneducated or boorish person
This estimate is completely unreliable! It was produced by a wild-ass.
- work someone's ass off
- To work excessively or to the point of exhaustion
We worked our asses off for him all week.
- your ass
- you
Why is your ass always so late?.
- bad-ass
- (deyim) Having extremely favorable qualities
- big ass
- Used when referring to anything over-sized or unusual (can be used when referring to parts of the human anatomy, but rarely mentioned when talking about an actual ass) Example: Those are 'big ass' boots, or I have a 'big ass' headache
- creepy-ass
- (deyim) Annoyingly unpleasant; sickening; repulsive in such a way as to excite nausea or loathing
- duck's ass
- (deyim) A man's hairstyle in which the hair is slicked back on both sides and tapered at the nape
- fat ass
- (Argo) (pejorative) A jibe used on someone disliked or regarded as lazy
- haul ass
- Move very quickly, especially in order to escape. "When the shooting started we hauled ass out of there."
- kiss my ass
- Kiss my arse! UK (US Kiss my ass!) OFFENSIVE: Used to tell someone that you will not do what they want you to do
- my ass
- An expression used i n times when you find that whatever someone is saying is complete bullshit
- sorry ass
- (Argo) Term used to show poor quality of something/someone
- tight-ass
- A person who does not like to spend money or give it to other people
- whoop-ass
- to defeat someone or something; "I'm gonna whup ass on you"
- whoop-ass
- Associated with the state of being beat up
I'm about to open a can of whoop-ass on you.
- whoop-ass
- to be rowdy; "Finals are over; let's whup ass! "
- whoop-ass
- very good; awesome; cool; "That ride was whoop ass!"
- whoop-ass
- defeat; "Our team suffered a real whoop ass yesterday"
- whoop-ass
- rowdiness; "There's too much whoop ass in here; I can't study" (can be reversed as ass whup)
- work one's ass off
- (deyim) Work with great effort Usage notes: often follows -ing forms of verbs, like working, laughing, or talking
- Laughing My Ass Off Rolling on the Floor
- (Internet Slang) LMAOROTF, I am laughing so much, that's so funny
- african wild ass
- a wild ass of Africa
- arse
- To have the effort to do something
- arse
- To be silly, act stupid or mess around
- arse
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
- arse
- excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal
- arse
- The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom
- arse
- The buttocks
- arse
- An insulting or derisive term for a person
- arse
- {i} ass, buttocks (British Slang); someone who is stupid or repulsive (Offensive, British Slang)
- arse
- Your arse is your bottom. a pain in the arse: see pain. Variant of ass. can't/couldn't be arsed (to do sth) to not do something because you are feeling too lazy arse about/around to waste time behaving in a silly way instead of doing the things you should do
- arse
- aris
- arses
- third-person singular of arse
- arses
- plural of arse
- asses
- plural of ass
- ate up with the dumb ass
- {s} (North-American Slang) slow-witted, odd, stupid (e.g.: "Don't even bother talking to Jim, he is ate up with the dumb ass.")
- complete ass
- total idiot, real jerk
- covering one's ass
- protecting oneself, saving oneself
- didn't move his ass
- stayed where he was, did not move
- domestic ass
- domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn
- drag ass
- (Slang) boring, onerous
- jenny ass
- {i} female donkey
- kick ass
- (Slang) be great, be excellent; beat someone up, physically harm someone
- kick in the ass
- defeat, act of humiliation
- kick-ass
- strong, powerful, and sometimes violent
- kiss my ass
- fuck off, go jump in the lake
- lard-ass
- an offensive word for someone who is fat
- laughing my ass off
- I am laughing a lot
- make an ass of oneself
- one who plays the fool
- pain in the ass
- pain in the neck, annoying person or thing
- pain in the ass
- something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"
- plow with an ox and an ass together
- mix apples and oranges, try to combine two dissimilar things
- pompous ass
- self-important person, someone who is arrogant and self-serving
- she ass
- female donkey
- silly ass
- fool, dunce, stupid one, ass-hole
- smart ass
- (Slang) person who displays his intelligence in a smug manner; person who points out other people's mistakes
- stupid ass
- donkey's ass, idiot
- tight ass
- (Slang) mean stingy person
- tore his ass off
- worked very hard, made a major effort
- walks with a ramrod up his ass
- has a corn cob stuck up his ass, he's too uptight
- wild ass
- any of several plain-colored equine mammals of Asia and northeast Africa
- wild ass
- wild donkey, donkey that lives in the wild
