noun
Meaning 1
A male donkey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: he-ass, jack
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
jackass
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈd͡ʒækæs/
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CMU ARPABET: JH AE1 K AE2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A foolish or stupid person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jackaninny, idiot, addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo, birdbrain, blockhead, blubberbrain, bonehead, Boeotian, boob, bozo, brainlet, brickhead, bubblehead, bubble brain, bufflehead, buffoon, Charlie, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, cittern-head, clod, clodpate, clot, clown, crackhead, cretin, cuckoo, deadhead, dimbo, dim bulb, dimbus, dimwit, dingbat, ding dong, dingleberry, dingwad, dip, dipstick, doldrum, dolt, donut, doodle, doof, doofoid, doofus, dope, dork, drivel, drongo, drool bucket, dullard, dumb bunny, dumbbell, dumb cluck, dumbhead, dumble, dumbling, dumbnut, dumbo, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dunderpate, eejit, fathead, featherbrain, fenderhead, fleabrain, fool, fopdoodle, galoot, gimboid, gomer, gonk, goober, goof, goofball, goofy, goon, goose, goosecap, gorbuson, gudgeon, halfwit, ha'porth, hammerhead, ignoramus, imbecile, inbred, jellybrain, jerk, juggins, jughead, knothead, knucklehead, lackwit, lamebrain, log, loggerhead, lummox, lunk, lunkhead, maroon, meatball, meathead, mental midget, mome, momo, mongoloid, mongtard, monkey, moron, mouth breather, muggins, mushhead, muttonhead, mutt, nimrod, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit, nitwit, noddy, noodlehead, numbskull, oaf, peabrain, peagoose, pillock, pigwidgeon, pinhead, plank, plonker, prat, put, putz, retard, sap, saphead, schmo, silly, simp, simpleton, smooth brain, snapperhead, sot, space cadet, spanner, stupe, stupid, stupid-head, tard, thickhead, thickskull, thicko, tomfool, tonto, toolbox, tosspot, turkey, twit, wally, wantwit, wazzer, wazzock, witless wonder, yo-yo, zany, Vulgar:, ass, assclown, asshat, asshead, asstard, asswipe, buttbreath, dildo, dipshit, donkey dick, Alternative spelling of dumbass., dumbfuck, dumbfucker, dumbshit, farthead, fuck-knuckle, fucktard, fuckwit, jackass, peckerhead, shitbrain, shithead, shitneck, shitwit, twat
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jerk, asshole, bastard, bitch
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A kind of bootleg liquor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The laughing kookaburra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, countable, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A jack and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: card-games, poker
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To behave very obnoxiously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
male donkey
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jack
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ass
noun
Meaning 9
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
History
Etymology
From jack + ass.
From the phonetic similarity of "jack, ace" to "jackass".
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: حِمَار (ḥimār) — male donkey
- Bulgarian: мъжко магаре (mǎžko magare) — male donkey
- Cornish: margh asen — male donkey
- Czech: osel — male donkey
- Dutch: ezel — male donkey
- Finnish: aasi — male donkey
- Finnish: aasiori — male donkey
- French: âne — male donkey
- Georgian: ვირი (viri) — male donkey
- Georgian: სახედარი (saxedari) — male donkey
- German: Esel — male donkey
- Hebrew: חֲמוֹר (ẖamór) — male donkey
- Italian: asino — male donkey
- Japanese: 牡驢馬 (osuroba) — male donkey
- Japanese: 雄驢馬 (osuroba) — male donkey
- Kashmiri: خَر (khar) — male donkey
- Korean: 수탕나귀 (sutangnagwi) — male donkey
- Latin: asinus — male donkey
- Latin: onager — male donkey
- Macedonian: ма́гаре (mágare) — male donkey
- Manx: collagh assyl — male donkey
- Navajo: téliichoʼí — male donkey
- Navajo: téliichogii — male donkey
- Norwegian: esel — male donkey
- Polish: osioł — male donkey
- Portuguese: burro — male donkey
- Portuguese: jegue — male donkey
- Portuguese: asno — male donkey
- Russian: осёл (osjól) — male donkey
- Serbo-Croatian: ма̀гарац — male donkey
- Serbo-Croatian: màgarac — male donkey
- Spanish: asno — male donkey
- Spanish: burro — male donkey
- Sranan Tongo: dyakas — male donkey
- Swedish: åsna — male donkey
- Zazaki: sipe — male donkey
- Zazaki: sipi — male donkey
- Arabic: غَبِيّ (ḡabiyy) — foolish or stupid person
- Armenian: էշ (ēš) — foolish or stupid person
- Bulgarian: глупак (glupak) — foolish or stupid person
- Catalan: ase — foolish or stupid person
- Danish: idiot — foolish or stupid person
- Dutch: ezel — foolish or stupid person
- Finnish: aasi — foolish or stupid person
- French: âne — foolish or stupid person
- French: connard — foolish or stupid person
- French: abruti — foolish or stupid person
- Georgian: სულელი (suleli) — foolish or stupid person
- Georgian: ტუტუცი (ṭuṭuci) — foolish or stupid person
- Georgian: ჩერჩეტი (čerčeṭi) — foolish or stupid person
- German: Dummkopf — foolish or stupid person
- German: Esel — foolish or stupid person
- German: Trottel — foolish or stupid person
- Hebrew: חֲמוֹר (ẖamór) — foolish or stupid person
- Hungarian: szamár — foolish or stupid person
- Italian: asino — foolish or stupid person
- Italian: babbeo — foolish or stupid person
- Japanese: 馬鹿者 (bakamono) — foolish or stupid person
- Japanese: 愚か者 (orokamono) — foolish or stupid person
- Korean: 멍청이 (meongcheong'i) — foolish or stupid person
- Macedonian: глу́пак (glúpak) — foolish or stupid person
- Navajo: doo ʼáhályáanii — foolish or stupid person
- Plautdietsch: Hollunk — foolish or stupid person
- Polish: osioł — foolish or stupid person
- Portuguese: idiota — foolish or stupid person
- Portuguese: asno — foolish or stupid person
- Portuguese: burro — foolish or stupid person
- Russian: осёл (osjól) — foolish or stupid person
- Serbo-Croatian: идѝот — foolish or stupid person
- Serbo-Croatian: idìot — foolish or stupid person
- Spanish: idiota — foolish or stupid person
- Spanish: burro — foolish or stupid person
- Swedish: åsna — foolish or stupid person
- Ottoman Turkish: اشك (eşek) — foolish or stupid person
- Urdu: گَدھا (gadhā) — foolish or stupid person
- Welsh: asyn — foolish or stupid person
- Zazaki: sipe — foolish or stupid person
- Zazaki: sitqere — foolish or stupid person