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{
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"tags": [
"singular"
]
},
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]
}
],
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},
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}
],
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{
"text": "Ox and ass before Him bow/And He is in the manger now...."
}
],
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"Ass is an old word for donkey."
],
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],
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},
{
"word": "jackass"
}
]
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{
"text": "That girl has a nice ass."
}
],
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"Ass is another word for butt, referring to the buttocks or anus."
],
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"word": "anus"
},
{
"word": "arse"
},
{
"word": "backside"
},
{
"word": "behind"
},
{
"word": "butt"
},
{
"word": "buttocks"
},
{
"word": "rear"
},
{
"word": "seat"
}
]
},
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"categories": [
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "My boss is really mean. He is a real ass."
},
{
"text": "Don't be an ass. Be nice."
}
],
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"If you call someone an ass, you are insulting him/her by comparing him/her to buttocks. Usually meaning that he/she is rude."
],
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"word": "asshole"
},
{
"word": "arsehole"
},
{
"word": "jerk"
}
]
},
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"categories": [
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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}
],
"glosses": [
"Ass is an extremely rude word for sexual intercourse."
],
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"offensive",
"vulgar"
],
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{
"word": "fuck"
},
{
"word": "pussy"
},
{
"word": "screw"
}
]
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{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"An ass is a woman regarded as a sex object."
],
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"offensive"
]
}
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"enpr": "ăs"
},
{
"ipa": "/æs/"
},
{
"sampa": "/{s/"
},
{
"enpr": "äs",
"raw_tags": [
"alternative Commonwealth pronunciation in sense of \"stupid person\" only"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɑːs/",
"raw_tags": [
"alternative Commonwealth pronunciation in sense of \"stupid person\" only"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"alternative Commonwealth pronunciation in sense of \"stupid person\" only"
],
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},
{
"audio": "en-us-ass.ogg",
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"word": "ass"
}
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"singular"
]
},
{
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"plural"
]
}
],
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],
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{
"text": "Ox and ass before Him bow/And He is in the manger now...."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Ass is an old word for donkey."
],
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],
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{
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},
{
"word": "jackass"
}
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},
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "That girl has a nice ass."
}
],
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"Ass is another word for butt, referring to the buttocks or anus."
],
"raw_tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
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{
"word": "anus"
},
{
"word": "arse"
},
{
"word": "backside"
},
{
"word": "behind"
},
{
"word": "butt"
},
{
"word": "buttocks"
},
{
"word": "rear"
},
{
"word": "seat"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Slang"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "My boss is really mean. He is a real ass."
},
{
"text": "Don't be an ass. Be nice."
}
],
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"If you call someone an ass, you are insulting him/her by comparing him/her to buttocks. Usually meaning that he/she is rude."
],
"raw_tags": [
"slang"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "asshole"
},
{
"word": "arsehole"
},
{
"word": "jerk"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Slang",
"Vulgar"
],
"glosses": [
"Ass is an extremely rude word for sexual intercourse."
],
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"slang",
"taboo",
"offensive",
"vulgar"
],
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{
"word": "fuck"
},
{
"word": "pussy"
},
{
"word": "screw"
}
]
},
{
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"Vulgar"
],
"glosses": [
"An ass is a woman regarded as a sex object."
],
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"offensive"
]
}
],
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},
{
"ipa": "/æs/"
},
{
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},
{
"enpr": "äs",
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"alternative Commonwealth pronunciation in sense of \"stupid person\" only"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɑːs/",
"raw_tags": [
"alternative Commonwealth pronunciation in sense of \"stupid person\" only"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"alternative Commonwealth pronunciation in sense of \"stupid person\" only"
],
"sampa": "/A:s/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-ass.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "ass"
}
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