whole-ass

adjective

Complete; total.

“Near-synonyms: put one's heart in, put one's whole pussy into”

Meanings

adjectivewhole-ass (not comparable)
  1. CanadaUSnot comparableslangvulgarComplete; total.

    Did he just eat that whole-ass bag of candy without offering to share? He's a grown-ass man acting like a twelve-year-old!

    1 more example

    "You are a whole-ass mess."

    2018, Toy, chapter 2, in Forbidden Love from a Savage: An Urban Romance, Sullivan Group Publishing,, →ISBN

    Synonyms: abject, frightful, absolute, prize, clean, arrant, categoric, categorical

verbwhole-ass (third-person singular simple present whole-asses, present participle whole-assing, simple past and past participle whole-assed)

present singular third person whole-asses · participle present whole-assing · participle past whole-assed · past whole-assed

  1. CanadaUSslangtransitivevulgarTo perform (a task) completely and carefully.

    Near-synonyms: put one's heart in, put one's whole pussy into

    1 more example

    Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.

    2012, Norm Hiscock, Parks and Recreation, season 4, episode 16, spoken by Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman)

    Synonyms: full-ass, put one's heart in, put one's whole pussy into

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo perform (a task) completely and carefully.

Origin

From whole + -ass, by analogy with half-ass, which appeared first. Also possibly influenced by asshole.

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“whole-ass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whole-ass. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whole-ass,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whole-ass.

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