- 1. n. A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed. Source: opted
- 2. n. A dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt. Source: opted
- 3. n. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on Source: wordnet
- 4. n. a pompous fool Source: wordnet
- 5. n. hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse Source: wordnet
- 6. n. slang for sexual intercourse Source: wordnet
- 7. 1. (Zoöl.) A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed. 2. A dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt. Shak. Asses' Bridge. Etym: [L. pons asinorum.] The fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid, "The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another." [Sportive] "A schoolboy, stammering out his Asses' Bridge." F. Harrison. -- To make an ass of one's self, to do or say something very foolish or absurd. Source: webster
- 8. A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than thehorse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame ordomestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become thetype of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wildasses which are swift-footed. Source: adambom
- 9. n:100 n. a pompous fool n. hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse Source: ecdict
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