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'Ass' may refer to:

★ The most common phonological and spelling variation of arse in American English, a word for the anus or for the buttocks^[1]

★ Ass, from Old English ''assa'', ultimately from Latin ''asinus'', is the older word for donkey.

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★ Wild ass may mean the wild donkey, or it may mean its wild relative the onager, also known as a "half ass" -another animal of the horse genus.

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★ Figuratively, a buffoon (fool, idiot, clown). The ass (donkey) typified clumsiness and stupidity since ancient times; ''asshead'' dates to 1550, ''to make an ass of oneself'' to 1590 - this has been conflated with "arse".

★ "Asses" is also the (English and Latin) plural of the as, a Roman weight and unit of money.

★ Abbreviation of ''assinatura'', Portuguese for "sign(ature)".

★ In Old Norse mythology, an Áss is one of the Æsir.

★ ''Ass'' is the local name of the Italian commune of Asso.

★ ''Ass'' variations include and are not limited to: ass hole, jackass, ass-o-lantern, etc.

★ Ass is the title of a 1973 album by the band Badfinger.
The acronym 'ASS' stands for:

★ ASS (gene), a human gene that encodes for the enzyme argininosuccinate synthetase.

★ ASS (car), made in France from 1919 to 1920.

★ After school special (TV program).

★ American Science and Surplus, a seller of surplus and educational goods, many of which are odd, amusing, and/or useful.

★ Alness (National Rail code: ASS), a railway station in the United Kingdom ; ; .

★ The German generic term for Aspirin (short for ''Acetylsalicylsäure'', ''acetylsalicylic acid''), comparable to the term ASA in some English-speaking countries.

★ Advanced SubStation Alpha, a subtitles format.

★ Asshole (game), a card game also known as ''Ass''.

★ Angle-Side-Side, a faulty proof of congruency of two triangles (also called SSA).

★ American Sociological Association, known as the American Sociological Society until 1959.

★ Austrian Social Service, an Austrian non-profit organization.

★ African sleeping sickness.

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1. “ass.” The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. www.bartleby.com/61/. Accessed 2006-10-23.

References

★ Etymology OnLine - arse, ass and donkey