1. Hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse
   "The ass carried heavy loads up the mountain path"
    
2. Domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn
   "The domestic ass refused to cross the stream";
   - domestic ass, donkey, Equus asinus, moke [Brit, informal]
    
3. [N. Amer, vulgar, informal] The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   "he deserves a good kick in the ass";
   - buttocks, nates [informal, technical], butt [N. Amer, informal], backside [informal], bum [Brit, informal], buns [N. Amer, informal], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament [informal], hindquarters [informal], hind end [informal], posterior [informal], rear [informal], rear end [informal], rump [informal], stern [informal], seat [informal], tail [N. Amer, informal], tail end [informal], tooshie [informal], tush [N. Amer, informal], bottom [informal], behind [informal], derriere [informal], patootie [US, informal], botty [informal], duff [N. Amer, informal], bahookie [UK, dialect, informal], booty [N. Amer, informal], heinie [US, informal], tushy [N. Amer, informal], derrière [informal]
    
4. [informal] A pompous fool
   "The politician made an ass of himself with his ignorant remarks"

Derived forms: asses

Type of: body part, boofhead [Austral, informal], charlie [Brit, informal], diddy [Brit, informal], dill [Austral, NZ, informal], drongo [Austral, NZ, informal], equid, equine, fool, galah [Austral, informal], juggins [Brit, informal], jughead [N. Amer, informal], mampara [S.Africa, informal], meathead [informal], moegoe [S.Africa, informal], muggins [Brit, informal], nit [Brit, informal], sap [N. Amer, informal], tomfool

Part of: body, Equus, genus Equus, torso, trunk

Encyclopedia: Ass