asses

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

   Synonyms:

   fool, idiot, jerk, asswipe, assbag, assbreath, assbucket, asschunk, asscunt, assface

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.

   Synonyms:

   'tocks, arse, arse cheeks, ass cheeks, back, backside, batty, behind, blessed assurance, booty

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.

   Synonyms:

   poontang, poon, punani, pussy, tail, tang, aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coitus, coition

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Noun

as (plural ases or asses)

1. (unit of weight) A libra, a Roman pound.
2. (Ancient-Rome) Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.

   Synonyms:

   assarion, assarius

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