"bad ass" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more bad ass [comparative], most bad ass [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} bad ass (comparative more bad ass, superlative most bad ass)
  1. Alternative form of badass Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: badass
    Sense id: en-bad_ass-en-adj-X~QLPLbP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Noun

Forms: bad asses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bad ass (plural bad asses)
  1. Alternative form of badass Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: badass
    Sense id: en-bad_ass-en-noun-X~QLPLbP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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