jackass

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Since the jackass was acting against the best interest of the child, her lawyer got an injunction.

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  1. noun A male ass or donkey.
  2. noun A foolish or stupid person; a blockhead: "You've acted like an irrational jackass and it's time you stopped” (Margaret Truman).

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  • [31] Some historians suggest the jackass was born 1828 when Jackson was sometimes called a jackass by his opponents as a play on his name. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • The goats are rigged with suicide belts, and the jackass is the militant who will blow them up. —  Latest Articles
  • Since the jackass was acting against the best interest of the child, her lawyer got an injunction. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • Grafenberg brayed like a jackass, and Geisenheim chattered like an ape. —  Vivian Grey
  • What did the fool mean I don't know, Baas, but what you call the jackass in Goroko, declared that those who are 'with the Great Medicine'--meaning what you wear, Baas--will be quite safe. —  She and Allan
 

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/ˈdʒækæs/
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