- ass, a donkey; donkey
- حِمَار \ ass, a donkey; donkey: a tame animal like a small horse with long ears.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
ass, a donkey; donkey
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ass — noun 1) he rode on an ass Syn: donkey, jackass, jenny; burro 2) informal don t be a silly ass Syn: fool, idiot, dolt, simpleton, imbecile; dimwit, halfwit, dummy … Thesaurus of popular words
donkey — [18] The usual English word for ‘donkey’ from Anglo Saxon times was ass, and donkey is not recorded until Francis Grose entered it in his Dictionary of the vulgar tonge 1785; ‘Donkey or Donkey Dick, a he or Jackass’. No one really knows where it… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
donkey — [18] The usual English word for ‘donkey’ from Anglo Saxon times was ass, and donkey is not recorded until Francis Grose entered it in his Dictionary of the vulgar tonge 1785; ‘Donkey or Donkey Dick, a he or Jackass’. No one really knows where it… … Word origins
Donkey — Don key (d[o^][ng] k[y^]), n.; pl. {Donkeys} (d[o^][ng] k[i^]z). [Prob. dun, in allusion to the color of the animal + a dim. termination.] 1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule. [1913 Webster] 2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Donkey engine — Donkey Don key (d[o^][ng] k[y^]), n.; pl. {Donkeys} (d[o^][ng] k[i^]z). [Prob. dun, in allusion to the color of the animal + a dim. termination.] 1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule. [1913 Webster] 2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Donkey pump — Donkey Don key (d[o^][ng] k[y^]), n.; pl. {Donkeys} (d[o^][ng] k[i^]z). [Prob. dun, in allusion to the color of the animal + a dim. termination.] 1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule. [1913 Webster] 2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Donkey's eye — Donkey Don key (d[o^][ng] k[y^]), n.; pl. {Donkeys} (d[o^][ng] k[i^]z). [Prob. dun, in allusion to the color of the animal + a dim. termination.] 1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule. [1913 Webster] 2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ass — S2 [æs] n [Sense: 1; Origin: Old English assa, from Latin asinus] [Sense: 2; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Changed spelling of arse (11 21 centuries), from Old English Ars, ears] 1.) not polite a stupid, annoying person = ↑ … Dictionary of contemporary English
ass — [ æs ] noun ▸ 1 part of body you sit on ▸ 2 stupid/annoying person ▸ 3 animal like a horse ▸ 4 for emphasizing orders ▸ 5 sexual activity ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count IMPOLITE the part of your body that you sit on. British usually arse 2. ) count a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Ass — may refer to: *Ass (animal) or donkey ** Asinus *Buttocks, in colloquial usage * Ass (album), by Badfinger *ASS (car), a French car made from 1919 to 1920 *ASS (gene), a human gene that encodes for the enzyme argininosuccinate synthetase… … Wikipedia
donkey — 1785, originally slang, perhaps a dim. from dun dull gray brown, the form perhaps influenced by monkey. Or possibly from a familiar form of Duncan (Cf. dobbin). The older English word was ASS (Cf. ass) … Etymology dictionary
