You can make 2 words from ass according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of ass
ass sas ass sas ssa ssa
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word ass. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in ass.
Definitions and meaning of ass
ass
Pronunciation
enPR: ăs, IPA(key): /æs/
Rhymes: -æs
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishasse, from Old Englishassa, back-formed from assen(“she-ass”), from Celtic (compare Old Irishasan, Old Cornishasen), from Latinasinus. Displaced Old Englishesol, from Proto-West Germanic*asil, also a loanword from the same Latin word. Sense “stupid person” from the animal's reputation for stubbornness, going back to antiquity (compare Latinasinus(“slow-witted person”)).
Noun
ass (pluralasses)
Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
Synonym:donkey
(often mildly vulgar through confusion with other word) A stupid person.
Synonyms:fool, idiot
(printing, slang, obsolete) A compositor.
Hyponyms
(beast of burden):donkey, onager, wild ass
Derived terms
Related terms
asinine
Translations
See also
Appendix:Animals
Appendix:English collective nouns
Etymology 2
Variant of arse; used chiefly in North America. Ultimately from Middle Englishars, ers, from Old Englishærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic*ars, from Proto-Germanic*arsaz (compare Old High Germanars (GermanArsch), Old Norsears, Old Frisianers), from Proto-Indo-European*h₃érsos (compare Ancient Greekὄρρος(órrhos)).
Adjective
ass (not comparable)
(vulgar, slang) Of low quality; bad.
Noun
ass (countable and uncountable, pluralasses)
(vulgar, slang, countable and uncountable) The buttocks.
Synonyms:see Thesaurus:buttocks
(vulgar, slang, countable and uncountable) The anus.
1997 Matt Stone & Trey Parker, "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe," South Park, Season 1, Episode 1 (aired August 13, 1997), Spoken by Eric Cartman (Trey Parker)
That does it! Now listen! Why is it that everything today has involved things either going in or coming out of my ass? I’m sick of it! It’s completely immature!
(vulgar, slang,synecdochically, uncountable) Sex; a person to have sex with; with vulgar emphasis on their corporeality (their body) over their personhood.
Synonyms:poontang, poon, punani, pussy, tail, tang; see also Thesaurus:copulation
(vulgar, slang, uncountable)Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
I feel like ass today. ― I am feeling very bad today.
This room smells like ass. ― This room smells very bad.
What a bunch of ass. ― What a bunch of lies/nonsense/disappointment.
(vulgar, slang, synecdochically, countable) A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body. By extension, one's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc.
Coordinate terms:face; hide
Usage notes
When used synecdochically to refer to a (whole) person, it adds a tone of anger or disapproval to the whole sentence:
"he has trouble getting his ass up in the morning" is much stronger and more negative than "he has trouble getting up in the morning".
The disapproval may not be of the person so referred to:
"And who do you think has to clean this mess up? My ass does!" (Does not indicate disapproval of the speaker themselves, but rather of the people who made the mess.)
(A hint of jaded self-perception may be perceived: "I realize how they see me!")
Such usage is usually considered vulgar and is thus usually confined to casual/informal registers; its use in formal contexts is mildly offensive.
Its semantic essence is impersonalization (even of oneself), whereby a chief body part synecdochically represents the whole self, with a connotation emphasizing the person's corporeality over their personhood (from that viewpoint, compare also watch his hide, show his face, what's-his-face, meatbag, or crackhead).
Its declined forms function pronominally in syntax, which is to say (regarding part of speech), they are pronouns:
my ass = I, me, myself
your ass = you, you, yourself
his ass = he, him, himself
her ass = she, her, herself
your asses = y'all, y'all, yourselves
their asses = they, them, themselves
Derived terms
Translations
Particle
ass
Synonym of -ass(“used to intensify an adjective”)
Further reading
Archibald A. Hill (1940) “Early Loss of [r] before Dentals”, in PMLA, volume 55, number 2, →DOI, pages 308-359
L. Sprague de Camp (1971) “Arse and ass”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 1, number 2, →DOI, pages 79–80
Anagrams
SAS, SSA, Sas
German
Verb
ass
Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of aß.
Latgalian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Balto-Slavic*aśís. Cognates include Latvianass and Lithuanianašis.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈasʲsʲ]
Hyphenation: ass
Noun
assf (diminutiveaseite)
axle
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈass]
Hyphenation: ass
Participle
ass (feminineasūte, masculine pluralasūts, feminine pluralasūts)
present oblique participle of byut
References
M. Bukšs, J. Placinskis (1973) Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 131
Latvian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Balto-Slavic*aśís, from Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱs-. Originally an i/n-stem, it became an i-stem in Baltic.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [as]
Noun
assf (6th declension)
axle (pin or spindle around which something, e.g. a wheel, rotates)
ratu ass ― axletree
vagona ass ― wagon axle
motocikla pakaļējā riteņa ass ― motorcycle rear wheel axle
(mathematics) axis (a line with certain important properties)
simetrijas, rotācijas ass ― axis of symmetry, of rotation
zemes griešanās ass ― the Earth's rotation axis
koordinātu asis ― coordinate axes
abscisu, ordinātu ass ― x-, y-axis
Declension
Etymology 2
From the same source as ass(“axle”), originally a unit of measurement corresponding to the length of a person's outstretched arms (compare Russianса́жень(sáženʹ, “old unit of measurement; length of outstretched arms”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [as]
Noun
assf (6th declension)
old unit of length in the Russian system, equivalent to approximately 2.13 meters
jūras ass ― fathom (unit of length in the English system, approximately 1.83 meters)
old unit of volume for measuring wood, equivalent to approximately 2-4 cubic meters
divas asis malkas ― two axes (=4-8m3) of wood
Declension
Etymology 3
From earlier *asus, from Proto-Baltic*ašus, from Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-(“sharp, pointed, edgy”). With an extra suffix *-ro, the same stem also yielded Proto-Balto-Slavic*aśras(“sharp”), whence Latvian dialectal asrs, as well as the Lithuanian cognate aštrùs, dialectal ašrùs. From this stem, there are also Latvian reflexes with ak rather than as (e.g., akmens(“stone”), akots(“awn”)), possibly a result of Proto-Indo-European dialectal variation. In Latvian, former u-stem adjectives like *asus were assimilated into other classes; *asus gave rise to both an o-stem and a yo-stem variant which later on became independent words, ass and ašs, with different semantic nuances (compare also, e.g., plats and plašs, or dobs and dobjš). Other cognates include Old Church Slavonicостръ(ostrŭ), Russianо́стрый(óstryj), Belarusianво́стры(vóstry), Ukrainianо́стрий(óstryj), го́стрий(hóstryj), Bulgarianо́стър(óstǎr), Czechostrý, Polishostry, Proto-Germanic*agjō (Old High Germanecka, egga(“corner, edge, point, peak, blade”), GermanEcke, Sanskritअश्रिः(áśriḥ, “corner, edge, blade”), Ancient Greekἀκή(akḗ, “point, tip”), ἄκρος(ákros, “sharp, pointed”), Latinācer(“sharp”), aciēs(“sharpness, blade”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [as]
Adjective
ass (definiteasais, comparativeasāks, superlativevisasākais, adverbasi)
sharp (such that it (blade, tool) can easily cut or pierce)
ass nazis, zāģis, cirvis ― sharp knife, saw, ax
ass īlens, ilknis ― sharp awl, fang
asa adata ― sharp needle
asi ragi, ilkņi ― sharp horns, fangs
pointed (having a narrow tip)
asas kalnu galotnes ― sharp mountain tops
ass zīmulis ― sharp pencil
angular, not rounded (of body parts; also of writing, drawing)
asi elkoņi ― sharp elbows
asi vaigu kauli ― sharp cheekbones
asas burtu formas rokrakstā ― sharp letter forms in handwriting
(of plants) sharp (having little thorns or thorn-like growths, or having a sharp edge, capable of stinging)
ass dadzis, paeglis, grīslis ― sharp thistle, juniper, sedge
asa zāle, nātre ― sharp leaf, nettle
(of fabric, skin, etc.) coarse, rough
asa sejas āda ― coarse, rough facial skin
ass linu dvielis ― towel (made) of coarse linen
sharp, pungent, hot (which irritates the senses, creating a strong feeling or reaction)
(antonym(s) of "of "coarse", "harsh""):gluds, maigs, mīksts
Derived terms
asums
References
Luxembourgish
Verb
ass
is (third-person singular present of sinn)
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irishass, masculine and neuter singular form of a(“out of, from”), from Proto-Celtic*exs, from Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰs(“from”). Compare Irishas.