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basshole

basshole is the alternative spelling of asshole.

Meaning of asshole

Noun (1)

asshole (plural assholes)

  1. (US, vulgar) The anus.
    • That homemade hot sauce of yours got me twice, both coming and going. My asshole is still sore.
  2. (US, derogatory, offensive, vulgar) A jerk; an inappropriately or objectionably mean, inconsiderate, contemptible, immoral, obnoxious, intrusive, stupid, or rude person.
    • My former landlord was a world-class asshole. Fortunately my current landlord is an actual human being.
    Synonyms:
    jerk, dick
  3. (US, broadly, vulgar, often appositional) Anything (especially a place) that is unpleasant or undesirable.
    • Welcome to the Northeast, the asshole of America.

Noun (2)

asshole (plural assholes)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, US, obsolete) A receptacle under a fire grate for collecting ashes; an ash-hole.
    • Esshole, Asshole, the hole under the fire to hold ashes.1775, Tim Bobbin [John Collier], The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq., →OCLC, page 68

Forms of basshole

pluralbassholes

Questions about basshole

What is basshole the alternative spelling of?
Basshole is the alternative spelling of asshole.

Words near basshole in the dictionary

  1. bassetts
  2. Bassford
  3. Bassfords
  4. Bassham
  5. Basshams
  6. basshole
  7. bassholes
  8. bassi
  9. bassiacridin
  10. Bassian
  11. bassianolide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: basshole (page history and authors); asshole (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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