ass1

noun

• 1a hoofed mammal of the horse family, which is typically smaller than a horse and has longer ears and a braying call.

  • Genus Equus, family Equidae: E. africanus of Africa, which is the ancestor of the domestic ass or donkey, and E. hemionus of Asia
• (in general use) a donkey.

• 2British informal a foolish or stupid person:that ass of a young man