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Synonyms
berk [British], booby, charlie (also charley) [British], cuckoo, ding-a-ling, ding-dong, dingbat, dipstick, doofus [slang], featherhead, fool, git [British], goose, half-wit, lunatic, mooncalf, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, nut, nutcase, simp, simpleton, turkey, yo-yo
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In building a case for his argument, jackass annoys his friend and — depending on whether you’re intrigued by these sorts of thought experiments — maybe the reader as well. — Chris Barton, Twin Cities, "Chuck Klosterman shifts his pop culture-obsessions to fiction in ‘Raised in Captivity’," 20 July 2019 In building a case for his argument, jackass annoys his friend and — depending on whether you’re intrigued by these sorts of thought experiments — maybe the reader as well. — Chris Barton, latimes.com, "Chuck Klosterman shifts his pop culture-obsessions to fiction in 'Raised in Captivity'," 12 July 2019 But maybe, just maybe, these jackasses have other business. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "On Painting Air Force One," 13 June 2019 Being mentally ill is not an excuse to act like a jackass. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, "This Is How SNL Handled That Trump and Kanye Oval Office Meeting," 14 Oct. 2018 Artistic Director Melissa Chalsma takes the helm, and managing director and comically gifted crowd favorite David Melville plays the jackass, Bottom. — Philip Brandes, latimes.com, "The 99 Seat Beat: 'Big Fish' at the Chance in Anaheim, free Shakespeare in Griffith Park," 6 July 2018 The playful creatures are also known as jackass penguins because their call is similar to the braying of a donkey. — Jan Hefler, Philly.com, "Endangered penguins splash it up in new digs at Camden's Adventure Aquarium," 16 May 2018 Drew Angerer/Getty Images Kanye West’s ongoing flirtation with Donald Trump and conservative politics likely dates all the way back to the time Barack Obama called him a jackass. — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, "4 political science lessons from Kanye West’s embrace of Donald Trump," 3 May 2018 West admitted that led to sadness when Obama called him a jackass during a press conference following the Taylor Swift MTV VMAs incident. — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, "Kanye West talks Trump, Obama and Jay-Z in revealing interview," 1 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'jackass.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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