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ass

noun

ˈas

Definition of ass

as in donkey

a sturdy and patient domestic mammal that is used especially to carry things the farm kept a few asses for hauling hay in and out of the field

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Recent Examples of ass In reality, everything in Skibidi’s weird-ass world was about to stall. — Kyle MacNeill, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026 As always, the ass-kickin’ melodrama begins and ends with our Mother Lioness, Zoe Saldaña’s Joe McNamara. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2026 Not tastefully enough to refrain from gratuitous shots of McNichol’s bare ass in a scene where Billy argues in the bathroom with Cheryl. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 July 2026 When my fellow guest would leave us at lunch, Great Bear sent out the bad-ass female snowboarders on the lodge staff to join. — Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for ass

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The father-daughter duo has set up shop ensconced in the woods, herding donkeys and so far evading the violence closing in on them from the outside.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2026
Hilaria moved on to triceps dips before showing off to donkey kicks.

— Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

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