Meaning of Jackass | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male donkey.
   countable
2. A jack and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
   slang
3. A foolish or stupid person.
   US, countable
4. An inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.
   US, countable
5. A kind of bootleg liquor.
   US, slang, uncountable
6. The laughing kookaburra.
   Australia, countable, obsolete

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Examples

“Bobby, only jackasses go around saying how much money they make⟳.”

“As the vintner Louis Foppiano recalled years later, Sonoma County during Prohibition became a center for bootlegging, not of wine, but of spirits. 'There were some big stills hidden up in the hills of Sonoma, some producing five hundred gallons of Jackass [spirits made from spring⟳ water and sugar] a day.'”

“By now the wine counties were rife with the activity of the illegal wine trade⟳ and the force⟳ of the Prohibition Unit was hustling to keep⟳ up. At the start⟳ of the year, Officer William Navas had staged a raid on the dining room at Healdsburg's Hotel Sotoyome and discovered 'jackass' brandy […]”

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