ass
noun /æs/
/æs/
Idioms - (North American English) (British English arse)(taboo, slang) the part of the body that you sit on; your bottom
- (British English, informal) a stupid person synonym fool
- Don't be such an ass!
- I made an ass of myself at the meeting—standing up and then forgetting the question.
- (British English, old use) a donkey
Word Originsenses 2 to 3 Old English assa, from a Celtic word related to Welsh asyn, Breton azen, based on Latin asinus.sense 1variant of arse.
Idioms
blow smoke (up somebody’s ass)
- (North American English, taboo, slang) to try to trick somebody or lie to somebody, particularly by saying something is better than it really is
bust your ass (doing something/to do something) (North American English, taboo, slang)
(also bust a gut British and North American English, informal, also North American English, informal bust your butt/chops/hump)
- (informal) to make a great effort to do something
- I busted my ass to get into law school.
- It’s a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve.
- These guys were busting their butts on the field, trying to excel at athletics.
cover your ass (North American English, taboo, slang)
(also cover your back British and North American English, informal)
- to realize that you may be blamed or criticized for something later and take action to avoid this
- Get everything in writing in order to cover your ass.
get your ass in gear | move your ass (North American English)
(British English get your arse in gear, move your arse )
- (taboo, slang) a rude way of telling somebody to hurry
- If you get your ass in gear, we can make it out of here tonight.
get your ass over/in here, etc.
- (taboo, North American English, slang) a rude way of telling somebody to come here, etc.
kick (some/somebody’s) ass
- (North American English, taboo, slang) to punish or defeat somebody
kiss somebody’s ass; kiss ass (North American English)
(British English kiss somebody’s arse)
- (taboo, slang) to be very nice to somebody in order to persuade them to help you or to give you something
a pain in the ass/butt (North American English, taboo, slang)
(British English, taboo, slang a pain in the arse/backside)
(also a pain in the neck informal)
- a person or thing that is very annoying
- That man's a pain in the ass!