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asse

/æs/

asse is the obsolete spelling of ass.

Meaning of ass

Noun (1)

ass (plural asses)

  1. Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
    • And Iesse tooke an asse laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by Dauid his sonne vnto Saul.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 16:20
  2. (often, vulgar, noun sense 1) A stupid or inconsiderate person.
    • Near-synonyms: fool, idiot, jerk, asswipe; see also Thesaurus:jerk
  3. (obsolete, slang) A compositor.
    • Sometimes by way of joke, and sometimes by way of irritation, compositors are called Asses by the pressmen.[1841, William Savage, Dictionary of the Art of Printing, page 24

Noun (2)

ass (countable and uncountable, plural asses)

  1. (US, slang, vulgar) The buttocks.
  2. (US, slang, vulgar) The anus.
    • Train compartment: two sick young junkies on their way to Lexington tear their pants down in convulsions of lust. One of them soaps his cock and works it up the other's ass with a corkscrew motion.1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 81
  3. (US, slang, uncountable, vulgar) Sex; a person to have sex with; with vulgar emphasis on their corporeality (their body) over their personhood.
    • I'm going to go down to the bar and try to get me some ass.

See all 11 meanings of ass

Noun

asse (plural asses)

  1. (rare) A Cape fox (Vulpes chama).
    • and the little Asse Fox (Canis chama).1906, Praagh, L. V, The Transvaal and its mines : the encyclopedic history of the Transvaal
    • South of the Zambezi the group reappears in the shape of the asse-fox or fennec, (V. cama), a dark-coloured species, with a black tip to the long, bushy tail and reddish-brown ears.1910, Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 ed. Vol. 10, page 769
    Synonyms:
    asse fox

Synonyms of asse

Forms of asse

pluralasses

Origin of asse

Perhaps from Afrikaans asse (“ashes”), because the fur at the top of the Cape fox's body looks like ash.

Phrases with asse

Words that rhyme with asse

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Questions about asse

What does asse mean?
Asse means a Cape fox (Vulpes chama).
What is asse the obsolete spelling of?
Asse is the obsolete spelling of ass.
What part of speech is asse?
Asse is a noun.
How do you pronounce asse?
Asse is pronounced /æs/.
What is the plural of asse?
The plural of asse is asses.

Words near asse in the dictionary

  1. asscrack
  2. asscracks
  3. asscunt
  4. asscunts
  5. assd.
  6. asse
  7. asse fox
  8. asse foxes
  9. assecuration
  10. assecurations
  11. assecure

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