whole-ass
whole-ass adjective: complete; total.
Adjective
whole-ass (not comparable)
- Complete; total.
- Did he just eat that whole-ass bag of candy without offering to share? He's a grown-ass man acting like a twelve-year-old!
- "You are a whole-ass mess."2018, Toy, chapter 2, in Forbidden Love from a Savage: An Urban Romance, Sullivan Group Publishing,, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- abject, frightful, absolute, prize, clean, arrant, categoric, categorical, complete, consummate
Verb
whole-ass (third-person singular simple present whole-asses, present participle whole-assing, simple past and past participle whole-assed)
- To perform (a task) completely and carefully.
- Near-synonyms: put one's heart in, put one's whole pussy into
- Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.2012, Norm Hiscock, Parks and Recreation, season 4, episode 16, spoken by Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman)
- Synonyms:
- full-ass, put one's heart in, put one's whole pussy into
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Forms of whole-ass
| third-person singular present | whole-asses |
|---|---|
| present participle | whole-assing |
| past participle | whole-assed |
| past | whole-assed |
Origin of whole-ass
From whole + -ass, by analogy with half-ass, which appeared first. Also possibly influenced by asshole.
Questions about whole-ass
- What does whole-ass mean?
- Whole-ass means complete; total.
- What part of speech is whole-ass?
- Whole-ass can be an adjective or a verb.
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