jackass

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   informal and insulting: a foolish, stupid, or badly behaved person

   Do not be a jackass and ignore the warning signs.

2. 2
   noun

   a male donkey

   The farmer kept a jackass with two female donkeys.

A compound of jack, a traditional word for a male animal, + ass, 'donkey.' The insulting human sense developed by metaphor from the donkey's old stereotype as stubborn or foolish.

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