'Laughing jackass' definitions:

Definition of 'laughing jackass'

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noun
Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry [syn: kookaburra, laughing jackass, Dacelo gigas]
noun
Almost extinct owl of New Zealand [syn: laughing owl, laughing jackass, Sceloglaux albifacies]

Definition of 'Laughing jackass'

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  • Laughing \Laugh"ing\, a. & n. from Laugh, v. i. [1913 Webster]
  • Laughing falcon (Zool.), a South American hawk (Herpetotheres cachinnans); -- so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laugh.
  • Laughing gas (Chem.), nitrous oxide, also called hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide of nitrogen; -- so called from the exhilaration and laughing which it sometimes produces when inhaled. It has been much used as an anaesthetic agent, though now its use is primarily in dentistry
  • Laughing goose (Zool.), the European white-fronted goose.
  • Laughing gull. (Zool.) (a) A common European gull (Xema ridibundus); -- called also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, and {sea crow}. (b) An American gull (Larus atricilla). In summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black.
  • Laughing hyena (Zool.), the spotted hyena. See Hyena.
  • Laughing jackass (Zool.), the great brown kingfisher (Dacelo gigas), of Australia; -- called also {giant kingfisher}, and gogobera.
  • Laughing owl (Zool.), a peculiar owl ({Sceloglaux albifacies}) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of extinction. The name alludes to its notes. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Laughing jackass'

From: GCIDE
  • Jackass \Jack"ass`\, n. [2d jack + ass.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. The male ass; a donkey. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead; -- disparaging and offensive. [1913 Webster]
  • Jackass bark (Naut.), a three-masted vessel, with only the foremast square-rigged; a barkentine.
  • Jackass deer (Zool.), the koba.
  • Jackass hare, Jackass rabbit (Zool.). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack, n.
  • Jackass penguin (Zool.), any species of penguin of the genus Spheniscus, of which several are known. One species (Spheniscus demersus) inhabits the islands near the Cape of Good Hope; another (Spheniscus Magellanicus) is found at the Falkland Islands. They make a noise like the braying of an ass; -- hence the name.
  • Laughing jackass. (Zool.) See under Laughing. [1913 Webster]