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In some senses, jackass is marked as slang, obsolete, US, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
jackass
/ˈd͡ʒækæs/
noun 6verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
afraid, arrogant, dead, same, stubborn
VERB + JACKASS
acting, don't, give, like, mirror, self-inflated
JACKASS + NOUN
tom, toy
PREP.
down
ADV.
then
Definitions
noun
1
A male donkey.
2
A foolish or stupid person.
3
An inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.
Bobby, only jackasses go around saying how much money they make.
4
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] a day.'
By now the wine counties were rife with the activity of the illegal wine trade and the force of the Prohibition Unit was hustling to keep up. At the start of the year, Officer William Navas had staged a raid on the dining room at Healdsburg's Hotel Sotoyome and discovered 'jackass' brandy […]
5
The laughing kookaburra.
verb
1
To behave very obnoxiously.
noun
1
A jack and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
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Idioms & Phrases
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Bobby, only jackasses go around saying how much money they make.
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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
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By now the wine counties were rife with the activity of the illegal wine trade and the force of the Prohibition Unit was hustling to keep up. At the start of the year, Officer William Navas had staged
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Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
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What she is trying to say is that you're a jackass.
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My words are like a mirror; if a jackass read them, then don't expect he'd see an angel's face.
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