ass 1
— asslike , adj.
/as/ , n.
1. a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
2. any wild species of the genus Equus, as the onager.
3. a stupid, foolish, or stubborn person.
[ bef. 1000; ME asse, OE assa, prob. hypocoristic form based on OIr asan asinus; akin to Gk ónos ass ]
ass 2
/as/ , n. Vulgar.
1. the buttocks.
2. the rectum.
3. Slang. sexual intercourse.
[ bef. 1000; var of ARSE, with loss of r before s, as in PASSEL, CUSS, etc.; ME ars, er ( e ) s, OE aers, ears; c. OFris ers, D aars, ON, MLG, OS, OHG ars (G Arsch ), Gk órrhos, Armenian orkh, Hittite arras; akin to Gk ourá, OIr err tail ]