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Assload (noun) means (informal) The amount that a donkey can carry.

noun
1
(informal) The amount that a donkey can carry.
2
(informal) A very large amount of something.
"I'm due an assload of credits and I'll die before I can get 'em! Who do I talk to?" — James V McKnight, Jammer (2007)
3
(vulgar, informal) An amount stored inside someone's bottom.
"The smugglers thought they could get away with bringing an assload of heroin balloons on board the aircraft."
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Etymology

Sense 1 is from ass + load and is old; sense 3 is from ass + load and is newer; sense 2 came from sense 1 but is often synchronically reanalyzed as coming from sense 3.

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What is the meaning of assload?
"assload" (noun) means (informal) The amount that a donkey can carry.
What is another word for assload?
Other words for "assload" include bucketload, shedload, boatload, shitload, abundance, cartload.
What is the opposite of assload?
Opposites of "assload" include smidgen, modicum.
What are the different meanings of assload?
"assload" has 3 main meanings: 1. (informal) The amount that a donkey can carry; 2. (informal) A very large amount of something; 3. (vulgar, informal) An amount stored inside someone's bottom.

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