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jackass



jack·ass [ ˈjak-ˌas]



jackass   
noun
[ˈjak-ˌas]

Definition of jackass

1 : donkey
especially : a male donkey
2 : a stupid, annoying, or detestable person … the weird thing about charisma is that trying to be charismatic backfires. By trying to be charismatic, you come off like a jackass.— Zoë Chance If you asked me ten years ago, I would have said, "Hell no, I'm not a Caribbean writer! I'm a writer." Now, I'm like, "That guy was a jackass. Don't listen to him!" Of course, I'm a Caribbean writer.— Marlon James This episode is the story of a real jackass abuser who literally bullies an entire town in Missouri for decades. — smilepolitely.com


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Recent Examples on the Web


//Liam Gallagher lived his twenties and thirties as rock’s maximum jackass, greeting the world middle fingers first as the front man of the 1990s-defining band Oasis.
— Kyle Smith, National Review, "A Bad Boy Faces Middle Age," 11 Sep. 2019
//In building a case for his argument, jackass annoys his friend and — depending on whether you’re intrigued by these sorts of thought experiments — maybe the reader as well.
— Chris Barton, Twin Cities, "Chuck Klosterman shifts his pop culture-obsessions to fiction in ‘Raised in Captivity’," 20 July 2019
//In building a case for his argument, jackass annoys his friend and — depending on whether you’re intrigued by these sorts of thought experiments — maybe the reader as well.
— Chris Barton, latimes.com, "Chuck Klosterman shifts his pop culture-obsessions to fiction in 'Raised in Captivity'," 12 July 2019
//But maybe, just maybe, these jackasses have other business.
— Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "On Painting Air Force One," 13 June 2019
//Being mentally ill is not an excuse to act like a jackass.
— Christian Allaire, Vogue, "This Is How SNL Handled That Trump and Kanye Oval Office Meeting," 14 Oct. 2018
//Artistic Director Melissa Chalsma takes the helm, and managing director and comically gifted crowd favorite David Melville plays the jackass, Bottom.
— Philip Brandes, latimes.com, "The 99 Seat Beat: 'Big Fish' at the Chance in Anaheim, free Shakespeare in Griffith Park," 6 July 2018
//The playful creatures are also known as jackass penguins because their call is similar to the braying of a donkey.
— Jan Hefler, Philly.com, "Endangered penguins splash it up in new digs at Camden's Adventure Aquarium," 16 May 2018
//Drew Angerer/Getty Images Kanye West’s ongoing flirtation with Donald Trump and conservative politics likely dates all the way back to the time Barack Obama called him a jackass.
— Matthew Yglesias, Vox, "4 political science lessons from Kanye West’s embrace of Donald Trump," 3 May 2018


First Known Use of jackass

1727, in the meaning defined at sense 1



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1 a person who lacks good sense or judgment
  • only a jackass would dive into a lake without first checking to see how deep the water is

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2 a stupid person
  • you don't have to act like a jackass just to get a girl to notice you

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3 a sturdy and patient domestic mammal that is used especially to carry things
  • with our jackasses loaded with supplies, we slowly made our way down to the floor of the canyon

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jackass

noun

English Language Learners Definition of jackass

: a male donkey
chiefly US, informal + impolite : a stupid person

jackass

noun
jack·​ass | \ ˈjak-ˌas \

Kids Definition of jackass

: a donkey and especially a male donkey