Mule

Definitions

1. The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
2. Any shoe with an upper covering the front of the foot but without a back flap or strap, leaving the heel exposed.
3. A surname.
4. The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.
5. A hybrid plant.
   archaic
6. A stubborn person.
   informal
7. A person paid to smuggle drugs.
   slang
8. A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.
9. A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character.
10. Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.
11. A kind of triangular sail for a yacht.
12. A kind of cotton-spinning machine.

Equivalents

62 more languages

አማርኛበቅሎ

العربيةالبغلبغل

Azərbaycan diliqatır

Българскимулечехъл

བོད་སྐད།དྲེལ

Bosanskimulamuloмула

Catalàmatxómulmula

Češtinamulmulapantofel

Cymraegmul

Danskmuldyr

Ελληνικάημίονοςμουλάριπαντόφλα

Esperantomulo

Euskaramando

فارسیقاطر

Suomihärkäpääjääräpääjukuripääjuntturamiulimuuliristeymäristeytystohveli+ 6 more

Gaeilgemiúil

Galegomachomulamulo

ગુજરાતીખચ્ચર

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻihokimiula

עבריתפרד

हिन्दीखच्चर

Hrvatskimulamuloмула

Magyaröszvér

Հայերենջորի

Bahasa Indonesiabagal

Italianomulemulopianellaspallone+ 1 more

日本語ミュールラバ騾馬

ქართულიჯორი

Қазақ тіліқашыр

ភាសាខ្មែរលា

한국어노새

Kurdîhokîlamûle

Latinaburdocantheriusmulinusmulus+ 1 more

ລາວລໍ້

Македонскимуле

Монголлуус

Bahasa Melayubaghal

Maltibagħal

မြန်မာလား

Nederlandsmuildier

ଓଡ଼ିଆଖଚ୍ଚର

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਖੱਚਰ

Polskikukuruźniklaczekmulimułmułowyuparciuch+ 3 more

Portuguêsmulamulo

Românăcatar

Русскийверблюдмул

SlovenčinaMuľnašuchovačka

Slovenščinamula

Shqipmushkë

Српскиmulamuloмула

Svenskamulamulåsna

Kiswahilibaghalanyumbu

తెలుగుకంచరగాడిద

Тоҷикӣхачир

ไทยล่อล้อฬ่อ

Tagalogmula

Türkçekatır

ئۇيغۇرچەخېچىر

Українськамул

اردوخچر

O'zbekchaxachir

Tiếng Việtla

Examples

“One day he ran into a herd of a half dozen elk, so he rode his mule down the canyon three or four miles, leaving the sheep alone.”

“It would be exceedingly interesting to know⟳ if the hybrid would reproduce⟳, a matter⟳ I deem exceedingly doubtful, for the chances are it would prove⟳ a "mule" (infertile).”

“Vegetable mules supply⟳ an irrefragable argument in favour of the sexual system of botany.”

“The most extraordinary mule, however, that is asserted to have⟳ been produced on the Continent, is a cross between the cabbage and horse-radish, which Monsieur Sageret reports that he has obtained […]”

“"Where in the hell do you think⟳ I learned to be such a mule?””

“Cocaine packet ingestion (these patients referred to as “mules”) may warrant surgery, Golytely or expectant passage.”

““Yeah, in Denver, we know⟳ about Uriarte's involvement in meth. Our Las Cruces office seized over six hundred pounds of methamphetamine from two of his mules last⟳ year.””

“What is less clear, however, is why mint workers should have⟳ chosen to produce⟳ mules, if they were making forgeries […]”

“He was in the middle of organizing his massive stash of rare and exquisite bounty, all kept safely in the inventory cache of a mule, an entirely separate⟳ character which he paid a monthly fee to maintain⟳ exclusively for that purpose.”

“In heavier seas where a boat must sail⟳ a course dictated by waves, or where wave⟳ action makes power more important than pointing, the mule will prove⟳ the faster sail⟳.”

“The bride was a shocking housekeeper and dragged round all day in boudoir cap, frowsy negligee and mules—slip⟳, slop, slip⟳, slop.”

“Routine dress for Tuesday will be bra and panties with high-heel satin mules.”

“On Monday, the tournament’s first day, Ms. Riddle wore a blush pink mini dress by Patou, paired with matching strawberry-adorned mules (a nod to the tournament’s well-known strawberry and cream dish) and a red Chanel purse.”

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