Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: ass
IPA transcription: ['æs]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind_end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear_end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail_end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
    Meaning: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
  • Synonyms: ass
    Meaning: a pompous fool
Usage examples
  • The fellow must be an ass!
  • My wife's G.P.--an exasperating sort of ass.
  • Balaam's ass has begun talking to us here--and how he talks!
  • That captain was a silly ass. He'd have made things lively for you."
  • "Prendick, man!" I heard his astonished cry, "don't be a silly ass, man!"
  • She ate some, and, like the others, was immediately changed into an ass, and ran out to them in the yard.
  • He felt four legs growing, a big head, and two long ears, and he saw to his horror that he was changed into an ass.
  • "To carry Ivory on pack-animals, the North African traders use nets, slinging two large teeth on each side of an ass.
  • A few days later the Miller came and told him that the old ass which was to be beaten three times and fed once, was dead.
  • I met poor Dominick--what an ass that chap is--but he did not know me till I introduced myself, so I must be a good deal changed.