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Definitions for Mule

[1] the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness. Compare hinny.
[2] any hybrid between the donkey and the horse.
[3] Informal . a very stubborn person.
[4] Botany . any sterile hybrid.
[5] Slang . a person paid to carry or transport contraband, especially drugs, for a smuggler.
[6] a small locomotive used for pulling rail cars, as in a coal yard or on an industrial site, or for towing, as of ships through canal locks.
[7] Also called spinning mule. a machine for spinning cotton or other fibers into yarn and winding the yarn on spindles.
[8] Nautical . a large triangular staysail set between two masts and having its clew set well aft.
[9] Numismatics . a hybrid coin having the obverse of one issue and the reverse of the succeeding issue, or vice versa.
[10] Biology . a hybrid, especially one between the canary and some other finch.
[11] a lounging slipper that covers the toes and instep or only the instep.
[12] a woman's shoe resembling this.
[13] the sterile offspring of a male donkey and a female horse, used as a beast of burden Compare hinny 1
[14] any hybrid animal a mule canary
[15] Also called: spinning mule a machine invented by Samuel Crompton that spins cotton into yarn and winds the yarn on spindles
[16] informal an obstinate or stubborn person
[17] slang a person who is paid to transport illegal drugs for a dealer
[18] a backless shoe or slipper

Words related to Mule

impulsive, sandal, horse, burro, combination, amalgam, bastard, mixture, cur, hybrid, cross, mutt, half-breed, crossbreed, ass, jackass, pump, clog, scuff, pony

Words nearby Mule

mulch, mulcher, mulciber, mulct, muldoon, mule, mule chest, mule deer, mule skinner, mule spinning, mule train

Origin of Mule

21350–1400; Middle English: sore spot on the heel, chilblain, perhaps < Middle Dutch mūle

Word origin for Mule

C16: from Old French from Latin mulleus a magistrate's shoe

Synonyms for Mule

adamant, adamantine, balky, brassbound, bullheaded, cantankerous, contumacious, cussed, determined, die-hard, dogged, firm, fixed, grim, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, inexorable, inflexible, insubordinate, intractable, intransigent, iron, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ornery, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, remorseless, rigid, self-willed, set in one's ways, single-minded, steadfast, stiff-necked, tenacious, tough, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unmanageable, unreasonable, unrelenting, unshakable, untoward, unyielding, willful