mule
IPA: mjˈuɫ
noun
- The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
- The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.
- (now rare) A hybrid plant.
- (informal) A stubborn person.
- (slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.
- (numismatics) A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.
- (roleplaying games) A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character.
- Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.
- (sailing) A kind of triangular sail for a yacht.
- A kind of cotton-spinning machine.
- Any shoe with an upper covering the front of the foot but without a back flap or strap, leaving the heel exposed.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive, slang) To smuggle (illegal drugs).
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Examples of "mule" in Sentences
- The mule is not the symbol of the Democratic Party.
- Sam Jones also plays and records as 'The Balky Mule'.
- The farmer said he wanted the mule to plow his field.
- It is the main ingredient in the Moscow Mule cocktail.
- The Lesser spotted mule is a sub division of the Mule.
- In the 1880s, borax was discovered and extracted by mule drawn wagons.
- Also, the trail is used by the mules to ride to the bottom of the canyon.
- Searles was the first to haul borax using the famous 20 mule team wagons.
- Mule deer and goats browse the plant, and squirrels and quail eat the seeds.
- She rode her mule toward Easton Avenue to approach the man in the cornfield.