Donkey

Quick meaning: Donkey is a noun meaning A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.

Meaning

A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.

More Meanings

1. A stubborn person.
2. (nautical) A small auxiliary engine.
3. (naval slang, dated) A box or chest, especially a toolbox.
4. (poker slang) A bad poker player.
5. (UK, nautical) A sailor's storage chest.

Example Sentences

DONKEY, donkey dick, a he, or jack ass, called donkey, perhaps from the Spanish, or don like gravity of that animal, entitled also the king of Spain's trumpeter

Lost last Saturday between twenty and thirty shillings they that have found it please to leave it heare there is five shillings reward by Wm. Roberts that goeth with a Donkey with many thanks

The chest may be found among those who stick to the sailing vessels, but for the steamer, the donkey died its natural death when the Suez Canal—responsible for many changes at sea—became an accomplished fact.

I vow we must be near the place from where The two converging slides, the avalanches, On Marshall, look like donkey's ears. We may as well see that and save the day.” “Don't donkey's ears suggest we shake our own? 'For God's sake, aren't you fond of viewing nature?[…]

Word Forms

• donkeys
• donkies

Synonyms for donkey

Depending on context, synonyms include bulldog, mule, alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mule, ass, burro, moke, jackass, barn.

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