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Meanings of jackass in English

Portuguese
idiota
Catalan
idiota
Spanish
idiota

A man who is a stupid incompetent fool.

      idiota
      Portuguese
      burro
      Catalan
      ase
      Spanish
      burro

      Male donkey.

            burro
            Usage of jackass in English
            1
            It's just about here that I was calling a Heinie a jackass.
            Army Boys on the Firing Line; or, Holding Back the German Drive
            2
            It was, as Toby told us, a laughing-jackass, or a gigantic kingfisher.
            Adventures in Australia
            3
            And afterwards the jackass-fool made matters worse by calling me 'his darling.'
            The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations
            4
            You're the Purser, I suppose, detected keeping a jackass among the poultry!
            Vivian Grey
            5
            Ours must be a generation that stands athwart history yelling, Hey, jackass!
            Obama zombies: how the liberal machine brainwashed my generation
            6
            She didn't want to look like some jackass from out of town.
            Just the Sexiest Man Alive
            7
            Anyway, forget about that jackass and take this one to the Lord.
            The lonely polygamist: a novel
            8
            What did it matter if he told off some jackass from D.C.?
            Sword of god
            9
            What, exactly, did this jackass of an ex do to you, anyway?
            Here comes trouble
            10
            Mason Byers was in the middle, making a jackass out of himself.
            Unbelievable
            11
            The other kinds are the macaroni, the jackass, and the rookery penguin.
            Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
            12
            He'd rather be staked than mince and prance around like a jackass.
            Darkness unleashed
            13
            Belatedly, Jules felt like a jackass for telling Arthur about the apartment.
            With friends like these
            14
            How many warnings does the jackass deserve before he gets someone killed?
            Bones of the Lost
            15
            I seem to have every jackass in London in my service.
            Happy Pollyooly: The Rich Little Poor Girl
            16
            You remember the old fable of the lion and the jackass.
            Dollars and Sense
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            Jackass through the time
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