About The Word Donkey
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Donkey
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What's The Definition Of Donkey?
[n] domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn
[n] the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874 Synonyms | Synonyms for Donkey: domestic ass | Equus asinus Related Terms | Find terms related to Donkey: ass | bigot | bitter-ender | block | Boeotian | bullethead | burro | clod | cuddy | dickey | diehard | dimwit | dogmatist | dolt | dope | dullard | dumb cluck | dumbbell | dummy | dunce | fanatic | gowk | hardnose | intransigeant | intransigent | jack | jackass | jennet | jenny | jenny ass | jobbernowl | lackwit | lamebrain | last-ditcher | lightweight | looby | loon | maverick | mule | neddy | niais | nincompoop | ninny | ninnyhammer | nitwit | noddy | perverse fool | pighead | positivist | purist | put | rocky | Rocky Mountain canary | schmuck | standpat | standpatter | stickler | stupid | thickwit | witling See Also | allegory | ass | burro | emblem | Equus | genus Equus | moke Donkey In Webster's Dictionary \Don"key\, n.; pl. {Donkeys}. [Prob. dun, in allusion to
the color of the animal + a dim. termination.]
1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.
2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.
{Donkey engine}, a small auxiliary engine not used for
propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers,
raising heavy weights, and like purposes.
{Donkey pump}, a steam pump for feeding boilers,
extinguishing fire, etc.; -- usually an auxiliary.
{Donkey's eye} (Bot.), the large round seed of the {Mucuna
pruriens}, a tropical leguminous plant.
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