jackass
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Meaning · English
A kind of bootleg liquor.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
As the vintner Louis Foppiano recalled years later, Sonoma County during Prohibition became a center for bootlegging, not of wine, but of spirits. 'There were some big stills hidden up in the hills of Sonoma, some producing five hundred gallons of Jackass [spirits made from spring water and sugar] a
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “jackass” mean?
A kind of bootleg liquor.
Is “jackass” formal or informal?
jackass is generally slang.