Jackass /(?)/
Jack·ass
Jackass
n.
- The male ass; a donkey.
- A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead; -- disparaging and offensive.
Phrases & Compounds
- Jackass bark
- a three-masted vessel, with only the foremast square-rigged; a barkentine.
- Jackass deer
- the koba.
- Jackass hare
- See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack, n.
- Jackass penguin
- any species of penguin of the genus Spheniscus, of which several are known. One species (Spheniscus demersus) inhabits the islands near the Cape of Good Hope; another (Spheniscus Magellanicus) is found at the Falkland Islands. They make a noise like the braying of an ass; -- hence the name.
- Laughing jackass
- See under Laughing.