Definition of bad-ass

bad-ass

adjective

very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
That was a bad-ass concert.
That car is so bad-ass.
- See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.
Last edited on Aug 10 2010. Submitted by Rob from Richmond, VA, USA on Dec 05 1999.
skilled.
He's a bad-ass guitar player.




Citation from "Chapter 11", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 5 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.


Citation from "Dungeons and Wagons", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 5 (2006) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: skill, skilled, talent, talented.
Last edited on Mar 02 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 11 2007.
very bad (i.e. the opposite of "good".) See ass.
- See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.
Last edited on Aug 10 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 10 2010.
tough.




Citation from "Smoked", Lie To Me (TV, 2010), Season 3 Episode 8 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.


Citation from "The Cop", Reaper (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 8 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.


Citation from "Chapter 11", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 5 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.




Citation from "Chapter 11", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 5 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

Last edited on Dec 19 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 20 2010.

noun

a tough person or rebel.
I wouldn't mess with her: I heard she's a real bad-ass.

Citation from "Episode 1", Misfits (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2009) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: criminal, hooligan, gangster, gangsta.
Last edited on Jan 19 2012. Submitted by Colin from British Columbia, Canada on Feb 16 1998.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing':
beater	Definitions include: unattractive or undesirable.
piss	Definitions include: expression of dismay; "bummer".
bollocks	Definitions include: "Bollocks" is also the present tense and plural form of bollock.
sugar honey ice tea	Definitions include: "shit".
dump	Definitions include: to end an intimate relationship with someone.
booey	Definitions include: very bad.
tore up	Definitions include: in a bad physical state.
gay	Definitions include: a homosexual person.
*sht**	Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below.
piss-ant	Definitions include: a person who is inconsequential, irrelevant, small, unimportant, or worthless.
*lame-ss**	Definitions include: a disliked person.
*piece of sht**	Definitions include: an item of poor quality.
FUBAR	Definitions include: confused, ruined; "messed up".
bomb	Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool".
RNG hell	Definitions include: of a video game, excessively difficult because positive things happen with very low frequency, and/or negative things happen with very high frequency.
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Other terms relating to 'criminal, hooligan, gangster, gangsta':
74	Definitions include: related to the Gangster Disciples gang.
g	Definitions include: short for "gangster" or "gangsta."
gutter punk	Definitions include: a younger punk who is homeless or pretends to be homeless.
wanksta	Definitions include: someone who pretends to be a gangster.
gang banger	Definitions include: someone who is in a gang.
home boy	Definitions include: friend.
wise guy	Definitions include: a member of the mafia (aka "mob.")
rat	Definitions include: a derogatory term for females, implying promiscuity.
mob	Definitions include: to drive around in a vehicle for fun; "joy ride".
OG	Definitions include: acronym of "original gangsta" meaning an older gangsta.
bang	Definitions include: to have, to take.
homo thug	Definitions include: a homosexual who portrays himself as a thug, for a variety of possible reasons.
person of interest	Definitions include: euphemism for "suspect" in a criminal case.
hood	Definitions include: shortened form of "neighborhood."
Criminole	Definitions include: any football player who played for the Florida State University football team (the Seminoles) and was convicted of a crime.
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Other terms relating to 'good, okay, cool, awesome, fun':
redonkulus	Definitions include: really cool or awesome
dark	Definitions include: really good.
crunk	Definitions include: extremely fun; exciting; wild.
swatching	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
all that and a bag of Fritos	Definitions include: the best.
off the heezy fo' sheezy	Definitions include: "off the heezy for sheezy", i.e. "off the hook for sure".
snizzo	Definitions include: good, great, cool, mad cool.
*ss-kicking	Definitions include: excellent.
prime	Definitions include: good
cu	Definitions include: "cool".
ill	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
stupid fresh	Definitions include: "stupid" (very) "fresh" (cool).
bomb, the	Definitions include: very good, excellent, the best; "cool"; "awesome". Also bomb; bomby.
nectar	Definitions include: very good; excellent; fun; "cool".
good	Definitions include: without need or desire for something or to do something in particular; "fine".
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Other terms relating to 'skill, skilled, talent, talented':
black belt	Definitions include: a person very skilled in a particular area.
Google-fu	Definitions include: talent in using the Google search engine.
Jedi	Definitions include: talented well beyond the norm.
rock star	Definitions include: someone who fucks all night beyond belief.
uber	Definitions include: very; really; extremely.
B.A	Definitions include: acronym of "bad-ass."
hot stuff	Definitions include: an attractive person.
player	Definitions include: a person who dates more than one person at a time, usually just for sex or other perks.
elite	Definitions include: very good.
beast	Definitions include: Milwaukee's Best brand beer.
have a black belt in	Definitions include: to be very skilled in a particular area.
nasty	Definitions include: really bad, disgusting.
hot	Definitions include: stolen.
cold	Definitions include: attractive.
core competency	Definitions include: a person's primary skill.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'ass':
*all over (one's) ss**	Definitions include: pestering a person.
*all over (one's) sses**	Definitions include: pestering multiple people.
AP	Definitions include: short for ass-poopin'.
*ss	Definitions include: anything displeasing.
*-ss**	Definitions include: used after an adjective to indicate extremes or excessiveness; "very", "really", "extremely".
*ss-backwards	Definitions include: in reverse or totally incorrect
*ss bag	Definitions include: a general insult.
*ss blast	Definitions include: instance of flatulence.
*ss breath	Definitions include: Extreme halitosis.
*ss cable	Definitions include: solid bodily waste discharged through the anus.
*ss-can	Definitions include: a despicable person.
*ss clown	Definitions include: one who appears foolish, like a clown.
*ss crack	Definitions include: the cleft between the buttocks.
*ss-crack of dawn	Definitions include: very early in the day.
*ss-dough	Definitions include: is where you get money for sittin' on your ass.
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Other terms relating to 'bad':
B.A	Definitions include: acronym of "bad-ass."
bad	Definitions include: very good, excellent.
bad beat	Definitions include: a disappointing event.
*bad btch**	Definitions include: a very attractive, cool, all-around good girlfriend-type.
bad blood	Definitions include: ongoing animosity.
bad boy	Definitions include: generic term for a specific object; "thing".
bad cop	Definitions include: a person in a position of authority who is strict or mean.
bad egg	Definitions include: a bad person.
bad guy	Definitions include: a criminal.
bad hair day	Definitions include: a day during which one can't make one's hair look good.
bad juju	Definitions include: an action that is likely to be harmful in a "karmic" way.
bad kitty	Definitions include: an evil young woman with conspicuous sex appeal.
badly wrapped kebab	Definitions include: vulva ("vagina").
bad-mouth	Definitions include: to say bad things about another person.
bad news	Definitions include: a bad person.
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