"a-double-s" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌeɪ ˌdʌb(ə)l ˈɛs/ Forms: a-double-s's [plural]
Etymology: From ass. Head templates: {{en-noun|'s}} a-double-s (plural a-double-s's)
  1. (chiefly US, minced oath) Ass (buttocks, anus, the self etc.). Tags: US Categories (topical): English minced oaths Synonyms: a double s, A-double-S, A double S, A. double S.
    Sense id: en-a-double-s-en-noun-0FmdMRuu Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_text": "From ass.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a-double-s's",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "'s"
      },
      "expansion": "a-double-s (plural a-double-s's)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English minced oaths",
          "parents": [
            "Minced oaths",
            "Euphemisms",
            "Figures of speech",
            "Rhetoric",
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ass (buttocks, anus, the self etc.)."
      ],
      "id": "en-a-double-s-en-noun-0FmdMRuu",
      "links": [
        [
          "minced oath",
          "minced oath"
        ],
        [
          "Ass",
          "ass"
        ],
        [
          "buttocks",
          "buttocks#English"
        ],
        [
          "anus",
          "anus#English"
        ],
        [
          "self",
          "self#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "minced oath",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US, minced oath) Ass (buttocks, anus, the self etc.)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "a double s"
        },
        {
          "word": "A-double-S"
        },
        {
          "word": "A double S"
        },
        {
          "word": "A. double S."
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌeɪ ˌdʌb(ə)l ˈɛs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a-double-s"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From ass.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a-double-s's",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "'s"
      },
      "expansion": "a-double-s (plural a-double-s's)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English minced oaths",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ass (buttocks, anus, the self etc.)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "minced oath",
          "minced oath"
        ],
        [
          "Ass",
          "ass"
        ],
        [
          "buttocks",
          "buttocks#English"
        ],
        [
          "anus",
          "anus#English"
        ],
        [
          "self",
          "self#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "minced oath",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US, minced oath) Ass (buttocks, anus, the self etc.)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌeɪ ˌdʌb(ə)l ˈɛs/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "a double s"
    },
    {
      "word": "A-double-S"
    },
    {
      "word": "A double S"
    },
    {
      "word": "A. double S."
    }
  ],
  "word": "a-double-s"
}

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