half-assn.²adj.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːfas/, U.S.

/ˈhæfˌæs/,

/ˌhæfˈæs/ (as adjective also)Brit.

/ˌhɑːfˈas/, U.S.

/ˌhæfˈæs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., ass n.²

Etymology: < half adj. + ass n.² With use as adjective compare earlier half-arsed adj., half-assed adj.Compare slightly earlier half-arse (= half-arsed adj. 2):1933 V. F. Nelson Prison Days & Nights ii. 25 They..let us have three half-arse meals a day and a cell to sleep in at night.

colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).Sometimes (though now rarely) regarded as coarse.

A. n.²

A contemptible, ridiculous, or incompetent person; esp. one who is characterized by a tendency to perform tasks in a desultory or half-hearted manner.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person

caynard1303

sluggard1398

luskc1420

slugc1425

truantc1449

dawa1500

hummel?a1513

rook?a1513

wallydraigle?a1513

sloven1523

dronea1529

draw latch1538

slim1548

slouk1570

do-nothing1579

bumbiea1585

do-little1586

lazybones1593

luskin1593

do-naught1594

loiter-sack1594

bed-presser1598

lazy lizard1600

lazy-back1611

fainéant1618

nothing-do1623

trivant1624

slothful1648

lolpoop1661

tool1699

haggis1822

lazy-boots1832

lazy-legs1838

poke1847

never-sweat1851

slob1876

bum1882

haggis bag1892

lollop1896

trouble-shirker1908

warb1933

fuck-off1948

poop-butt1967

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing > person

sooner1892

gold brick1905

1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan xx. 329 ‘I'm one of the halfbacks,’ said Phil. ‘Sure, he's the All-American-Half-Ass,’ said Studs.

1974 J. C. Oates Miracle Play iv. 37 He ain't my brother, not that half-ass. He ain't nothin'.

2014 M. Jackson in M. Johnson-Valenzuela Dismantle 103 It's tough out there... But tough is what you want. Easy is for half-asses and dimwits.

B. adj.

Contemptible, ridiculous; ineffectual, incompetent; characterized by poor or half-hearted performance of an action, role, etc.; poorly or incompetently done or made; = half-assed adj.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective]

sloweOE

stuntc960

dullOE

hardOE

stuntlyc1000

sotc1050

dillc1175

dulta1225

simplea1325

heavy1340

astonedc1374

sheepishc1380

dull-witteda1387

lourd1390

steerishc1411

ass-likea1425

brainless?a1439

deafc1440

sluggishc1450

short-witted1477

obtuse1509

peakish1519

wearish1519

deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520

doileda1522

gross1526

headlessa1530

stulty1532

ass-headed1533

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dull-headed1552

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skit-brained?1553

buzzardly1561

witless1562

log-headeda1566

assy1566

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bluntish1578

cod's-headed1578

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bedaft1579

dull-pated1580

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dullard1583

woodena1586

duncical1588

leaden-headed1589

buzzard1592

dorbellical1592

dunstical1592

heavy-headeda1593

shallow-brained1592

blunt-witted1594

mossy1597

Bœotian1598

clay-brained1598

fat1598

fat-witted1598

knotty-pated1598

stupidous1598

wit-lost1599

barren1600

duncifiedc1600

lourdish1600

stockish1600

thick1600

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leaden-pated1603

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leaden-skulledc1604

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insulse1609

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squirrel-headed1637

clod-pated1639

lean-souled1639

muddy-headed1642

leaden-witteda1645

as sad as any mallet1645

under-headed1646

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half-witted1647

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insulsate1652

soft-headed1653

thick-skulleda1657

muddish1658

non-intelligent1659

whey-brained1660

sap-headed1665

timber-headed1666

leather-headeda1668

out of (one's) tree1669

boobily1673

thoughtless1673

lourdly1674

logger1675

unintelligenta1676

Bœotic1678

chicken-brained1678

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loggerhead1684

dunderheaded1692

unintelligible1694

buffle-headed1697

crassicc1700

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dumb1756

duncely1757

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dowfarta1774

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wittol1780

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chicken-headed1842

like a bump on a log1842

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sodden1853

fiddle-headed1854

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unsmart1861

off his chump1864

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thick-head1873

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stupido1879

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leaden-natured1889

suet-headed1890

sam-sodden1891

dopey1896

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bonehead1903

wool-witted1905

peanut-headed1906

peanut-brained1907

dilly1909

torpid-minded1909

retardate1912

nitwitted1917

meat-headed1918

mug1922

cloth-headed1925

loopy1925

nitwit1928

lame-brained1929

dead from the neck up1930

simpy1932

nail-headed1936

square-headed1936

dingbats1937

pinhead1939

dim-witted1940

pea-brained1942

clueless1943

lobotomized1943

retarded1949

pointy-headed1950

clottish1952

like a stunned mullet1953

silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954

out to lunch1955

pin-brained1958

dozy1959

eejity1964

out of one's tiny mind1965

doofus1967

twitty1967

twittish1969

twatty1975

twattish1976

blur1977

dof1979

goofus1981

dickheaded1991

dickish1991

numpty1992

cockish1996

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [adjective]

weak1423

simple-hearted?c1425

good1480

innocent1548

plain-headeda1586

simple1604

green1605

zany1616

soft1621

ungifted1637

softly1652

half-witted1712

simple-minded1749

simpletonic1780

simpletonian1800

sawney1805

simpletonish1819

simply disposed1848

putty-headed1857

cabbage-looking1898

goonish1921

wally1922

1935 M. Anderson Winterset i. ii. 14 These Jesus-bitten professors! Looking up their half-ass cases! We've got enough without that.

1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 399 He spent years hobnobbing with gentlemanly shits and half-ass operators.

1984 D. Koontz Darkfall i. iii. 176 They wouldn't let a cop go out on the street with a half-ass gun, would they?

2017 Roswell (New Mexico) Daily Rec. 18 June c2/5 To this day there's nothing worse than kind of a half-ass handshake from someone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

half-assv.

Brit.

/ˌhɑːfˈas/,

/ˈhɑːfas/, U.S.

/ˌhæfˈæs/,

/ˈhæfˌæs/

Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: half-assed adj.

Etymology: Back-formation < half-assed adj. Compare to ass up at ass v. 3.

colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).Sometimes (though now rarely) regarded as coarse.

1. intransitive. To perform an action or task poorly or incompetently; (in later use) esp. to do something in a desultory or half-hearted manner. Also transitive with it in same sense.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > make half-hearted attempt

to make a show ofa1500

1948 J. G. Cozzens Guard of Honor 156 They go half-assing along, scaring the be-Jesus out of everyone.

1991 Creem Apr. 88/2 Spending the better part of the Eighties half-assing it through a series of over-produced albums.

2010 Stanford Daily (Nexis) 28 May 1 Do they play with intensity or are they half-assing?

2. transitive. To perform (an action or task) poorly or incompetently; (in later use) esp. to do (something) in a desultory or half-hearted manner. Also with up.

ΚΠ

1954 J. Thompson Nothing Man xxi. 203 It looks almost like two guys. One of 'em..half-asses the job up and the second one makes it stick.

1985 Newsweek (U.S. ed.) (Nexis) 15 Apr. 46 We knew eventually they were going to break it down...So we half-assed a gallant last stand.

2011 T. Hooper & A. Goldsher Midnight Movie 102 Having a father who half-assed his cancer treatment until he had one toe in the grave will affect you that way.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	half-ass
释义	half-assn.²adj. Brit. /ˈhɑːfas/, U.S. /ˈhæfˌæs/, /ˌhæfˈæs/ (as adjective also)Brit. /ˌhɑːfˈas/, U.S. /ˌhæfˈæs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., ass n.² Etymology: < half adj. + ass n.² With use as adjective compare earlier half-arsed adj., half-assed adj.Compare slightly earlier half-arse (= half-arsed adj. 2):1933 V. F. Nelson Prison Days & Nights ii. 25 They..let us have three half-arse meals a day and a cell to sleep in at night. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).Sometimes (though now rarely) regarded as coarse. A. n.² A contemptible, ridiculous, or incompetent person; esp. one who is characterized by a tendency to perform tasks in a desultory or half-hearted manner. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person caynard1303 sluggard1398 luskc1420 slugc1425 truantc1449 dawa1500 hummel?a1513 rook?a1513 wallydraigle?a1513 sloven1523 dronea1529 draw latch1538 slim1548 slouk1570 do-nothing1579 bumbiea1585 do-little1586 lazybones1593 luskin1593 do-naught1594 loiter-sack1594 bed-presser1598 lazy lizard1600 lazy-back1611 fainéant1618 nothing-do1623 trivant1624 slothful1648 lolpoop1661 tool1699 haggis1822 lazy-boots1832 lazy-legs1838 poke1847 never-sweat1851 slob1876 bum1882 haggis bag1892 lollop1896 trouble-shirker1908 warb1933 fuck-off1948 poop-butt1967 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing > person sooner1892 gold brick1905 1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan xx. 329 ‘I'm one of the halfbacks,’ said Phil. ‘Sure, he's the All-American-Half-Ass,’ said Studs. 1974 J. C. Oates Miracle Play iv. 37 He ain't my brother, not that half-ass. He ain't nothin'. 2014 M. Jackson in M. Johnson-Valenzuela Dismantle 103 It's tough out there... But tough is what you want. Easy is for half-asses and dimwits. B. adj. Contemptible, ridiculous; ineffectual, incompetent; characterized by poor or half-hearted performance of an action, role, etc.; poorly or incompetently done or made; = half-assed adj. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] sloweOE stuntc960 dullOE hardOE stuntlyc1000 sotc1050 dillc1175 dulta1225 simplea1325 heavy1340 astonedc1374 sheepishc1380 dull-witteda1387 lourd1390 steerishc1411 ass-likea1425 brainless?a1439 deafc1440 sluggishc1450 short-witted1477 obtuse1509 peakish1519 wearish1519 deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520 doileda1522 gross1526 headlessa1530 stulty1532 ass-headed1533 pot-headed1533 stupid?1541 sheep's head1542 doltish1543 dumpish1545 assish1548 blockish1548 slow-witted1548 blockheaded1549 surd1551 dull-headed1552 hammer-headed1552 skit-brained?1553 buzzardly1561 witless1562 log-headeda1566 assy1566 sottish1566 dastardly1567 stupidious1567 beetle-headed1570 calvish1570 bluntish1578 cod's-headed1578 grout-headed1578 bedaft1579 dull-pated1580 blate1581 buzzard-like1581 long-eared1582 dullard1583 woodena1586 duncical1588 leaden-headed1589 buzzard1592 dorbellical1592 dunstical1592 heavy-headeda1593 shallow-brained1592 blunt-witted1594 mossy1597 Bœotian1598 clay-brained1598 fat1598 fat-witted1598 knotty-pated1598 stupidous1598 wit-lost1599 barren1600 duncifiedc1600 lourdish1600 stockish1600 thick1600 booby1603 leaden-pated1603 partless1603 thin-headed1603 leaden-skulledc1604 blockhead1606 frost-brained1606 ram-headed1608 beef-witted1609 insulse1609 leaden-spirited1609 asininec1610 clumse1611 blockheadly1612 wattle-headed1613 flata1616 logger-headeda1616 puppy-headeda1616 shallow-patedc1616 thick-brained1619 half-headed1621 buzzard-blinda1625 beef-brained1628 toom-headed1629 thick-witted1634 woollen-witted1635 squirrel-headed1637 clod-pated1639 lean-souled1639 muddy-headed1642 leaden-witteda1645 as sad as any mallet1645 under-headed1646 fat-headed1647 half-witted1647 insipid1651 insulsate1652 soft-headed1653 thick-skulleda1657 muddish1658 non-intelligent1659 whey-brained1660 sap-headed1665 timber-headed1666 leather-headeda1668 out of (one's) tree1669 boobily1673 thoughtless1673 lourdly1674 logger1675 unintelligenta1676 Bœotic1678 chicken-brained1678 under-witted1683 loggerhead1684 dunderheaded1692 unintelligible1694 buffle-headed1697 crassicc1700 numbskulled1707 crassous1708 doddy-polled1708 haggis-headed1715 niddy-noddy1722 muzzy1723 pudding-headed1726 sumphish1728 pitcher-souleda1739 duncey1743 hebete1743 chuckheaded1756 dumb1756 duncely1757 imbecile1766 mutton-headed1768 chuckle-headed1770 jobbernowl1770 dowfarta1774 boobyish1778 wittol1780 staumrel1787 opaquec1789 stoopid1791 mud-headed1793 borné1795 muzzy-headed1798 nog-headed1800 thick-headed1801 gypit1804 duncish1805 lightweight1809 numbskull1814 tup-headed1816 chuckle-pate1820 unintellectuala1821 dense1822 ninnyish1822 dunch1825 fozy1825 potato-headed1826 beef-headed1828 donkeyish1831 blockheadish1833 pinheaded1837 squirrel-minded1837 pumpkin-headed1838 tomfoolish1838 dundering1840 chicken-headed1842 like a bump on a log1842 ninny-minded1849 numbheadeda1852 nincompoopish1852 suet-brained1852 dolly1853 mullet-headed1853 sodden1853 fiddle-headed1854 numb1854 bovine1855 logy1859 crass1861 unsmart1861 off his chump1864 wooden-headed1865 stupe1866 lean-minded1867 duffing1869 cretinous1871 doddering1871 thick-head1873 doddling1874 stupido1879 boneheaded1883 woolly-headed1883 leaden-natured1889 suet-headed1890 sam-sodden1891 dopey1896 turnip-headed1898 bonehead1903 wool-witted1905 peanut-headed1906 peanut-brained1907 dilly1909 torpid-minded1909 retardate1912 nitwitted1917 meat-headed1918 mug1922 cloth-headed1925 loopy1925 nitwit1928 lame-brained1929 dead from the neck up1930 simpy1932 nail-headed1936 square-headed1936 dingbats1937 pinhead1939 dim-witted1940 pea-brained1942 clueless1943 lobotomized1943 retarded1949 pointy-headed1950 clottish1952 like a stunned mullet1953 silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954 out to lunch1955 pin-brained1958 dozy1959 eejity1964 out of one's tiny mind1965 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 twatty1975 twattish1976 blur1977 dof1979 goofus1981 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 numpty1992 cockish1996 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [adjective] weak1423 simple-hearted?c1425 good1480 innocent1548 plain-headeda1586 simple1604 green1605 zany1616 soft1621 ungifted1637 softly1652 half-witted1712 simple-minded1749 simpletonic1780 simpletonian1800 sawney1805 simpletonish1819 simply disposed1848 putty-headed1857 cabbage-looking1898 goonish1921 wally1922 1935 M. Anderson Winterset i. ii. 14 These Jesus-bitten professors! Looking up their half-ass cases! We've got enough without that. 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 399 He spent years hobnobbing with gentlemanly shits and half-ass operators. 1984 D. Koontz Darkfall i. iii. 176 They wouldn't let a cop go out on the street with a half-ass gun, would they? 2017 Roswell (New Mexico) Daily Rec. 18 June c2/5 To this day there's nothing worse than kind of a half-ass handshake from someone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). half-assv. Brit. /ˌhɑːfˈas/, /ˈhɑːfas/, U.S. /ˌhæfˈæs/, /ˈhæfˌæs/ Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: half-assed adj. Etymology: Back-formation < half-assed adj. Compare to ass up at ass v. 3. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).Sometimes (though now rarely) regarded as coarse. 1. intransitive. To perform an action or task poorly or incompetently; (in later use) esp. to do something in a desultory or half-hearted manner. Also transitive with it in same sense. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > make half-hearted attempt to make a show ofa1500 1948 J. G. Cozzens Guard of Honor 156 They go half-assing along, scaring the be-Jesus out of everyone. 1991 Creem Apr. 88/2 Spending the better part of the Eighties half-assing it through a series of over-produced albums. 2010 Stanford Daily (Nexis) 28 May 1 Do they play with intensity or are they half-assing? 2. transitive. To perform (an action or task) poorly or incompetently; (in later use) esp. to do (something) in a desultory or half-hearted manner. Also with up. ΚΠ 1954 J. Thompson Nothing Man xxi. 203 It looks almost like two guys. One of 'em..half-asses the job up and the second one makes it stick. 1985 Newsweek (U.S. ed.) (Nexis) 15 Apr. 46 We knew eventually they were going to break it down...So we half-assed a gallant last stand. 2011 T. Hooper & A. Goldsher Midnight Movie 102 Having a father who half-assed his cancer treatment until he had one toe in the grave will affect you that way. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). > as lemmas half-ass half-ass adj. ΚΠ 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 399 He spent years hobnobbing with gentlemanly shits and half-ass operators. extracted from half-comb. form < n.²adj.1934v.1948 as lemmas
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half-assn.2adj.

half-assv.

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half-assn.²adj.