horse's ass
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈhɔrsɪz æs/
- Offensive
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imbécil
- Your dad's one big horse's ass.
- a big horse's ass
Examples
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If you love me, Ralph, you won't act like a horse's ass, and you'll get into the spirit of an anniversary evening.
Fiction book (2001) -
You're nothing but a horse's ass!
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But the guy's a real horse's ass if you ask me.
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Yes, I am a horse's ass.
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"Go ahead, you heroic horse's ass."
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He is just a horse's ass and a half.
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You're a real horse's ass.
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What I heard is he treated my son like a horse's ass... which he is, but that's not really the point.
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This woman must think I'm a government-inspected horse's ass.
Fiction book (2001) -
Don't be such a horse's ass; just admit you were wrong.
Synonyms
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4.3
A rude or foolish person who behaves badly
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9.2
A person or thing that is very annoying and difficult to deal with
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9.9
A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying
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8.8
A rude, silly person who annoys others
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9.9
A person who behaves in an annoying, rude, or foolish way
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9.9
A person who behaves in a silly, annoying way
A person who acts silly in a way that annoys others
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
A person who acts badly and cannot be trusted
Antonyms
How Annoying
Surface Forms
Morphology
horse's + ass
The phrase combines 'ass' (an insulting term for a foolish person) with 'horse's' as a possessive/intensifying modifier; a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer it denotes an especially foolish or annoying person. This follows a standard compositional pattern (possessive + noun/animal-based insult) and aligns with common cross-linguistic animal-insult logic, so the meaning is predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Horse's ass comes from the old idea of calling someone an ass (a donkey) to say they are stubborn or foolish. Adding horse's makes the image larger and ruder, so the phrase means 'an annoying or foolish person'.