ass

noun9

1. •
   (slang, vulgar) the bottom, the soft round part at the back of the body above the legs, which a person sits on
2. •
   (slang, vulgar) A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body.

   • Get your lazy ass out of bed!
   • We risk our asses out there every day.
3. •
   (slang, vulgar) One's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc.

   • Mess up one more time and it's your ass on the line.
4. •
   (vulgar) A stupid or inconsiderate person.

   • That new kid left the cap off the syrup bottle again! What an ass.
   • He is such an ass for leaving the house door open.
5. •
   Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.

   • And Iesse tooke an asse laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by Dauid his sonne vnto Saul. — 1611
6. •
   (slang, vulgar) Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.

   • I feel like ass today.
   • This room smells like ass.
7. •
   (slang, vulgar) Sex; a person to have sex with; with vulgar emphasis on their corporeality (their body) over their personhood.

   • I'm going to go down to the bar and try to get me some ass.
8. •
   (slang, vulgar) The anus.

   • Train compartment: two sick young junkies on their way to Lexington tear their pants down in convulsions of lust. One of them soaps his cock and works it up the other's ass with a corkscrew motion. — 1962
9. •
   (slang, no longer used) A compositor.

   • Sometimes by way of joke, and sometimes by way of irritation, compositors are called Asses by the pressmen. — 1841

adjective1

1. •
   (slang, vulgar) Of low quality; bad.

   • On a recent episode of "The Justin Dunning Podcast," Starkel shared his thoughts on Martell, a former Ohio State quarterback, saying "he's ass my dude" in reference to Starkel. — 2019

adjective1

1. •
   Abbreviation of assistant.

   • She had a meeting with the warden, clinical service, and the ass. warden. — 1985

noun2

1. •
   Initialism of argininosuccinate synthase.
2. •
   Initialism of antisynthetase syndrome.