wild-ass

See also: wild ass

Somali wild ass

English

Pronunciation

enPR: wɪld ăs, IPA^(key): /wɪld æs/

Etymology 1

Noun

wild-ass (plural wild-asses)

Any of several wild equine mammals closely related to donkey, endemic of Asia and northeast Africa.
(slang) A wild ass; an uneducated or boorish person.
This estimate is completely unreliable! It was produced by a wild-ass.

Hyponyms

(wild mammal closely related to donkey): African wild ass, kiang, onager, Indian wild ass

Related terms

Translations

mammal

Finnish: villiaasi (fi)
French: âne sauvage (fr) m

Manx: assyl feie m, assyl oaldey m

slang: uneducated person

Finnish: juntti (fi)

See also

Appendix:Animals
Appendix:English collective nouns

Etymology 2

wild +‎ -ass

Adjective

wild-ass (comparative more wild-ass, superlative most wild-ass)

(slang) Crazy; lacking caution or certainty.
That's nothing but a wild-ass rumor.

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