Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable)A male donkey.

    Esel

    осёлosjól

    male donkey

  2. (US, countable)A foolish or stupid person.

    Dummkopf, Esel, Trottel

    осёлosjól

  3. (US, countable)An inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.

  4. (US, slang, uncountable)A kind of bootleg liquor.

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

  6. (Australia, countable, obsolete)The laughing kookaburra.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. Don't be a jackass!

    Не будь виродком! — deniko

    deSei kein Trottel! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. You're a self-inflated arrogant jackass.

  3. Everyone's entitled to be a jackass.

  4. He who dumps garbage here is a jackass.

  5. A dead jackass is not afraid of wolves.

    ruМёртвый ишак волков не боится. — svetico

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
male donkey:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
male donkey:
foolish or stupid person:

Origin

From jack + ass. From the phonetic similarity of "jack, ace" to "jackass".

From jack + ass.

From the phonetic similarity of "jack, ace" to "jackass".

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