mule
1 of 2noun (1)
ˈmyül 
1
a
: a hybrid between a horse and a donkey
especially : the offspring of a male donkey and a mare
b
: a self-sterile plant whether hybrid or not
c
: a usually sterile hybrid
2
: a very stubborn person
3
: a machine for simultaneously drawing and twisting fiber into yarn or thread and winding it into cops
4
slang : a person who smuggles or delivers illicit substances (such as drugs)
mule
2 of 2noun (2)
: a shoe or slipper without quarter or heel strap compare scuff
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Anglo-French mul, from Latin mulus
Noun (2)
Middle French, a kind of slipper, from Latin mulleus shoe worn by magistrates
First Known Use
Noun (1)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun (2)
1562, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing mule
Kids Definition
mule
noun
ˈmyül
1
: an animal that is an offspring of a donkey and a horse
2
: a stubborn person
Medical Definition
mule
noun
ˈmyü(ə)l
: a hybrid between a horse and a donkey
especially : the offspring of a male donkey and a mare
mules
noun
1
as in coyotes
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- coyotes
- gunrunners
- smugglers
- coyote
- bootleggers
- couriers
- runners
- contrabandists
2
as in hinnies
Synonyms & Similar Words
- hinnies
- jennies
- donkeys
- burros
- asses
- jennets
- pack animals
- jacks
- mokes
- jackasses
3
as in mongrels
Synonyms & Similar Words
- mongrels
- hybrids
- crossbreeds
- crossbreds
- intercrosses
- outcrosses
- crosses
- half-breds
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- thoroughbreds
- purebreds
- purebloods
- full-bloods
- radiolabel
- radiolabeled
- radiolabeling
- radiolabelled
- radiolabelling
- phose
- phosgene
- phosgenes
- phosgenic
- phosgenite
- phosph-
- phosphamic acid
- phosphamidon
- phosphatase
- phosphatases
- phosphate
- phosphate rock
- phosphated flour
- phosphates
- phosphatic
- phosphatic slag
- phosphatide
- phosphatides
- phosphatidic
- phosphatidyl