jackass : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jackass	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for jackass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jackass n a man who is a stupid incompetent fool [syn: fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany] male donkey Synonym(s): jack, jackass
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jackass \Jack"ass`\, n. [2d jack + ass.] 1. The male ass; a donkey. 2. A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead. {Jackass bark} (Naut.), a three-masted vessel, with only the foremast square-rigged; a barkentine. {Jackass deer} (Zo[94]l.), the koba. {Jackass hare}, {Jackass rabbit} (Zo[94]l.). See {Jack rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}, n. {Jackass penguin} (Zo[94]l.), any species of penguin of the genus {Spheniscus}, of which several are known. One species ({S. demersus}) inhabits the islands near the Cape of Good Hope; another ({S. Magellanicus}) is found at the Falkland Islands. They make a noise like the braying of an ass; -- hence the name. {Laughing jackass}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Laughing}.