"dumbass" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈdʌm.æs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dumbass.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more dumbass [comparative], dumberass [comparative], most dumbass [superlative], dumbestass [superlative]
Etymology: dumb + ass. It is likely that ¹ass (= donkey), not ²ass (= buttocks), was the original sense within this compound noun (solid compound or open compound), but neither sense is precluded, and many people today may uncritically parse the term in the latter way, even if it is misapprehensive. Apparent analogy with forms such as hard-ass and big-ass would naturally lend support to the second parsing. A similar synergy can be seen in the fact that the terms buttload and assload originated as literally meaning a cartload and the load transportable by a single donkey (respectively), but probably most English speakers today would assume that their derivation involves the buttocks. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dumb|ass}} dumb + ass, {{m|en|hard-ass}} hard-ass, {{m|en|big-ass}} big-ass, {{l|en|natural language|naturally}} naturally, {{m|en|buttload}} buttload, {{m|en|assload}} assload Head templates: {{en-adj|more|dumberass|sup2=dumbestass}} dumbass (comparative more dumbass or dumberass, superlative most dumbass or dumbestass)
  1. (US, vulgar, slang) Stupid, foolish. Tags: US, slang, vulgar Related terms: hard-ass
    Sense id: en-dumbass-en-adj-hmRiqril Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dumb-ass, dumb ass, dumbarse [UK]

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdʌm.æs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dumbass.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dumbasses [plural]
Etymology: dumb + ass. It is likely that ¹ass (= donkey), not ²ass (= buttocks), was the original sense within this compound noun (solid compound or open compound), but neither sense is precluded, and many people today may uncritically parse the term in the latter way, even if it is misapprehensive. Apparent analogy with forms such as hard-ass and big-ass would naturally lend support to the second parsing. A similar synergy can be seen in the fact that the terms buttload and assload originated as literally meaning a cartload and the load transportable by a single donkey (respectively), but probably most English speakers today would assume that their derivation involves the buttocks. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dumb|ass}} dumb + ass, {{m|en|hard-ass}} hard-ass, {{m|en|big-ass}} big-ass, {{l|en|natural language|naturally}} naturally, {{m|en|buttload}} buttload, {{m|en|assload}} assload Head templates: {{en-noun}} dumbass (plural dumbasses)
  1. (US, vulgar, slang) A stupid or foolish person. Tags: US, slang, vulgar Derived forms: dumbassery, dumbassity Translations (stupid or foolish person): gicdıllaq [vulgar] (Azerbaijani), patal (Bikol Central), ninot [masculine] (Catalan), 傻仔 (so⁴ zai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 戇鳩 (Chinese Cantonese), 戆鸠 (ngong⁶ gau¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 蠢才 (ceon² coi⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 蠢才 (chǔncái) (Chinese Mandarin), 蠢驢 (Chinese Mandarin), 蠢驴 (chǔnlǘ) (Chinese Mandarin), 傻屄 (shǎbī) [vulgar] (Chinese Mandarin), blbec [masculine] (Czech), dummerik [common-gender] (Danish), dummernik [common-gender] (Danish), tollo (Finnish), tyhmä (Finnish), molopää [vulgar] (Finnish), abruti [masculine] (French), crétin [masculine] (French), andouille [feminine] (French), tête de nœud [feminine] (French), apirolado (Galician), Blödmann [masculine] (German), Trottel [masculine] (German), half eediat (Jamaican Creole), アホ (aho) (Japanese), 馬鹿 (baka) (Japanese), torpe (Portuguese), tonto [masculine] (Portuguese), burro [masculine] (Portuguese), asno [masculine] (Portuguese), mula [feminine] (Portuguese), тупи́ца (tupíca) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), приду́рок (pridúrok) [masculine] (Russian), деби́л (debíl) [masculine] (Russian), долбоёб (dolbojób) [masculine, vulgar] (Russian), муда́к (mudák) [masculine, vulgar] (Russian), муди́ло (mudílo) [neuter, vulgar] (Russian), ебла́н (jeblán) [masculine, vulgar] (Russian), мудозво́н (mudozvón) [masculine, vulgar] (Russian), torpe [masculine] (Spanish), tonto [masculine] (Spanish), tontón [masculine] (Spanish), tarado [masculine] (Spanish), boludo [masculine] (Spanish), gilipollas [neuter] (Spanish), pendejo (Spanish), pucko [neuter] (Swedish), träskalle [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dumbass-en-noun-ETUkCRr3 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dumb-ass, dumb ass, dumbarse [UK]

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      ],
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "UK"
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    }
  ],
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}
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    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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    }
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        }
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    {
      "word": "dumb ass"
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      ],
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    }
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "gicdıllaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "patal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ninot"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "so⁴ zai²",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "傻仔"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "戇鳩"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ngong⁶ gau¹",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "戆鸠"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ceon² coi⁴",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "蠢才"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chǔncái",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "蠢才"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "蠢驢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chǔnlǘ",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "蠢驴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǎbī",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "傻屄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blbec"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dummerik"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dummernik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "tollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "tyhmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "molopää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abruti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crétin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "andouille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tête de nœud"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "apirolado"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Blödmann"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Trottel"
    },
    {
      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "half eediat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "aho",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "アホ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "baka",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "馬鹿"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "torpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tonto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "burro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asno"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tupíca",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тупи́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pridúrok",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приду́рок"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "debíl",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "деби́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dolbojób",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "долбоёб"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mudák",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "муда́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mudílo",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "муди́ло"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jeblán",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "ебла́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mudozvón",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "мудозво́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "torpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tonto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tontón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tarado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boludo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gilipollas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "pendejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pucko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "träskalle"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English countable nouns",
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    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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    "English nouns",
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    {
      "form": "more dumbass",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dumberass",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dumbass",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "dumbestass",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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    {
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    {
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        "American English",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English vulgarities"
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        {
          "text": "That dumbass driver ruined my car!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely, All American Boys, Simon and Schuster",
          "text": "I zipped my coat up to the neck, worried now that going to the march was more dumbass than I'd thought. It got closer—the only frigging thing in the road!—and I realized I was shaking. I couldn't move.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Stupid, foolish."
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        [
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          "foolish",
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        "(US, vulgar, slang) Stupid, foolish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʌm.æs/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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    {
      "word": "dumb-ass"
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    {
      "word": "dumb ass"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "dumbarse"
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}

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