1
as in fool
a person who lacks good sense or judgment
only a jackass would dive into a lake without first checking to see how deep the water is
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2
as in idiot
a stupid person
you don't have to act like a jackass just to get a girl to notice you
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Recent Examples of jackass
Still, the show never gets beyond Russ being a showboating jackass and Chad being the low-IQ projection of a showboating jackass.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Eminem In the first film, Joe Flaherty's character famously heckles Happy by repeatedly calling him a jackass right before he's set to putt.
—Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 25 July 2025
Shura said that Novikov treated him with disgust, carrying himself like a kham—a jackass.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
To the show’s credit, Rick isn’t a simple bummer or jackass.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Eminem In the first film, Joe Flaherty's character famously heckles Happy by repeatedly calling him a jackass right before he's set to putt.
—Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 25 July 2025
Shura said that Novikov treated him with disgust, carrying himself like a kham—a jackass.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
To the show’s credit, Rick isn’t a simple bummer or jackass.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jackass
Noun
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K’Lavon Chaisson is available, too, but paying players after a breakout season is generally a fool’s errand.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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And only a fool cannot see that the vast majority of Iranians wanted this regime to be removed from their lives.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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The existing horses, cattle, ponies and a donkey are available with the sale, according to Christies.—
David Caraccio
March 4,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Other entertainment included a live donkey, face painting and red envelopes provided by the Poway Library.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Even then, though, the popular take — the story of the lunatics taking over asylum — didn’t sit right with me.—
Paul Fischer,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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Beating these lunatics was incredible, right?—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
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This just proves why schemers are so much more entertaining than boring ass Joe.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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Every Catholic clan needs one silly-ass Jew (Ed) to lighten the mood.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2026
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The scale of the headloss was best summed up by Luis Suarez attempting to reason with Messi, before the Argentine did anything on the Suarez scale of stupid.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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But the new parking fees at Balboa Park are a whole new level of stupid.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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Central to that strategy is codename goose, Block’s internally built AI agent that sits on top of large language models to execute actions, draft emails, and automate workflows.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Decathlon’s 800-fill duck down is still high-loft, but costs less than the more expensive goose down.—
Maggie Slepian,
Outside,
27 Feb. 2026
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Because Sidney Prescott, now Evans, exists only in relationship to Ghostface, the costume worn by many different knife-wielding maniacs over the years, starting with her high school boyfriend.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
3 Mar. 2026
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Because Sidney Prescott, now Evans, exists only in relationship to Ghostface, the costume worn by many different knife-wielding maniacs over the years, starting with her high school boyfriend.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Jackass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jackass. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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