donkey
IPA: dˈɑŋki
noun
- A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
- A stubborn person.
- A fool.
- (nautical) A small auxiliary engine.
- (naval slang, dated) A box or chest, especially a toolbox.
- (poker slang) A bad poker player.
- British sea term for a sailor's storage chest.
Advertisement
Examples of "donkey" in Sentences
- One of the donkeys is licking the car.
- At the other end, the feral donkey stood.
- The donkey wanted to sound like the grasshoppers.
- Feria del Burro and the Burroland donkey shelter.
- Domesticated animals included the guinea fowl and the donkey.
- The flesh of the donkey was unclean and forbidden by the Law.
- As the saying goes, there is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
- The outback is home to the Australian feral camel, donkey and dingo.
- It should simply be the male donkey is the sire and the horse is the dam.
- For the Greeks, the donkey was associated with Dionysus, the god of wine.
Advertisement
Advertisement