jackass: see ass.

or laughing jackass

Eastern Australian species (Dacelo gigas) of forest kingfisher (subfamily Daceloninae). Its call, which sounds like fiendish laughter, can be heard very early in the morning and just after sunset. A gray-brown, woodland-dwelling bird, it reaches a length of 17 in. (43 cm), with a 3.2–4-in. (8–10-cm) beak. In its native habitat it eats invertebrates and small vertebrates, including venomous snakes. In western Australia and New Zealand, where it has been introduced, it has been known to attack chickens and ducklings.

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A jackass is a male donkey.

Jackass may also refer to:

Entertainment:

• Jackass (TV series)
• Jackass: The Movie, 2002
• Jackass Number Two, 2006 film
• Jackass 2.5, a DVD release
• Jackass: The Game, a video game

Music:

• "Jack-Ass" (song), by Beck
• "Jackass" (Green Day), a track from Green Day's 2000 album Warning
• "Jackass" (Bloodhound Gang), song

  Geography:

  • Jackass Aeropark, an airport
  • Jackass Ski Bowl, ski resort, now Silver Mountain (Idaho)
  • Jackass Mountain, an infamous stretch of the Cariboo Road through the Fraser Canyon in British Columbia, Canada

  Other:

  • Jackass penguin, African Penguin

  See also

  • Jackass Mail, film
  • Jackass-barque, ship type
  • Jackass Flats, Nevada, former nuclear-test site
  • Laughing jackass, a bird, now Laughing Kookaburra
  • Jackass morwong, a fish, the tarakihi