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Definition of know (one's) ass from a hole in the ground
know (one's) ass from a hole in the ground
verb
- to be competent. Almost always used in the negative.
That new intern doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.
Last edited on Sep 03 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 03 2010.
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| Definitions include: a few drinks of alcohol. | |
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| Definitions include: pestering a person. | |
| Definitions include: pestering multiple people. | |
| Definitions include: short for ass-poopin'. | |
| Definitions include: anything displeasing. | |
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| Definitions include: the cleft between the buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: very early in the day. | |
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| Definitions include: some location extremely far away. | |
| Definitions include: feces; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: a person who behaves in an offensive, pompous manner; "ass". | |
Other terms relating to 'from': | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "away from keyboard." | |
| Definitions include: Connotes mental, physical, and spiritual bankruptcy. | |
| Definitions include: bitch from hell | |
| Definitions include: something from the past. | |
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| Definitions include: over the entire body. | |
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| Definitions include: with sincere emotion. | |
| Definitions include: at the beginning, from the start. | |
| Definitions include: From the beginning. | |
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Other terms relating to 'ground': | |
| Definitions include: to succeed initially. | |
| Definitions include: to hide. | |
| Definitions include: lighting underneath the body of a car, which shines on the ground. | |
| Definitions include: the initial phase of an opportunity. | |
| Definitions include: Desirable food item found abandoned on the ground. | |
| Definitions include: to monitor new information or rumors. | |
| Definitions include: to monitor new information or rumors. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: to lose progress. | |
| Definitions include: to cause to fail. | |
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| Definitions include: the clubhouse bar at a golf course. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: extremely drunk. | |
| Definitions include: A fictional location used to denote a place that is very remote. | |
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| Definitions include: vagina. | |
| Definitions include: butthole/jackass | |
| Definitions include: anus. | |
| Definitions include: mouth. | |
| Definitions include: a garage. | |
| Definitions include: a vagina. | |
| Definitions include: to engage in anal sex on the giving end. | |
| Definitions include: the entrance to the vagina. | |
| Definitions include: jerk; "asshole". | |
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| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: involving everyone or everything. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: no chance. | |
| Definitions include: something easy. | |
| Definitions include: at some time before the present. | |
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| Definitions include: included. | |
| Definitions include: clitoris. | |
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| Definitions include: acronym of "as far as I know." | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "Also Known As." | |
| Definitions include: of course; definitely. | |
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| Definitions include: acronym for "do you know" or "did you know". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "good to know". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I don't even know". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I don't know". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I don't know know!". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I know, right?" | |
| Definitions include: to be aware of. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "if you know what I mean and I think you do". | |
| Definitions include: knowledge. | |
| Definitions include: to have awareness of what's going on. | |
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Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: Walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: A good estimate, term of agreement | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: Inclusive | |
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| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
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