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jackasses

jackasses is the plural of jackass.

jackasses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jackass.

Meaning of jackass

Noun (1)

jackass (countable and uncountable, plural jackasses)

  1. (countable) A male donkey.
    Synonyms:
    he-ass, jack
  2. (US, countable) A foolish or stupid person.
  3. (US, countable) An inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.
    • Bobby, only jackasses go around saying how much money they make.2004 King of the Hill (TV, season 8.8)
    Synonyms:
    jerk, asshole, bastard, bitch
  4. (US, slang, uncountable) A kind of bootleg liquor.
    • As the vintner Louis Foppiano recalled years later, Sonoma County during Prohibition became a center for bootlegging, not of wine, but of spirits. 'There were some big stills hidden up in the hills of Sonoma, some producing five hundred gallons of Jackass [spirits made from spring water and sugar]...Richard Mendelson, From Demon to Darling: A Legal History of Wine in America (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, p. 82)
  5. (Australia, countable, obsolete) The laughing kookaburra.

Noun (2)

jackass (plural jackasses)

  1. (slang) A jack and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

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Phrases with jackasses

Questions about jackasses

What is jackasses the plural of?
Jackasses is the plural of jackass.

Words near jackasses in the dictionary

  1. jackass penguin
  2. jackass penguins
  3. jackassed
  4. jackasseries
  5. jackassery
  6. jackasses
  7. jackasses of all trades
  8. jackassfish
  9. jackassification
  10. jackassing
  11. jackassism

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