dumbass
Stupid, foolishStupid, foolish.
» That dumbass didn't even hear out Tom.
Той лобур навіть не вислухав Тома. — Ahha
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1 senses(US, derogatory, mildly, slang, vulgar)Stupid, foolish.
That dumbass driver ruined my car!
Examples
16 sentencesThat dumbass didn't even hear out Tom.
Той лобур навіть не вислухав Тома. — Ahha
Tom looks just like a dumbass.
Can't you even understand that, you dumbass?
It isn't worth arguing with a dumbass like you.
Every dumbass with a camera thinks he is a photographer.
ruКаждый придурок с фотоаппаратом думает, что он фотограф. — Selena777
deJeder Depp mit einer Kamera hält sich für einen Fotografen. — Haehnchenpaella
Origin
From dumb + ass. It is likely that ¹ass (= donkey), not ²ass (= buttocks), was the originaFrom dumb + ass. It is likely that ¹ass (= donkey), not ²ass (= buttocks), was the original sense within this compound noun (solid compound or open compound), but neither sense is precluded, and many people today may uncritically parse the term in the latter way, even if it is misapprehensive. Apparent analogy with forms such as hard-ass and big-ass would naturally lend support to the second parsing. A similar synergy can be seen in the fact that the terms buttload and assload originated as literally meaning a cartload and the load transportable by a single donkey (respectively), but probably most English speakers today would assume that their derivation involves the buttocks.
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Forms
more dumbass/dumberass, most dumbass/dumbestass| Comparative | more dumbass / dumberass Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most dumbass / dumbestass Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.