mule

noun

Definition of mulenext
1
as in coyote

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2
as in hinny

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3
as in mongrel

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Recent Examples of mule Johnson is currently working on another small Canadian film, a true-story caper about a Vice editor’s side hustle as a drug-mule recruiter with Finn Wolfhard slated for the lead. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026 Merchant galleons coursing into the port of Caldera would be groaning with cacao, tobacco, livestock and hardwoods, transported down by mule from the transit hub of Esparza in the mountain basin above. — Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 There are plenty of mules to covet this season, from Neous’s raffia mule, to Loewe’s Origami style, named so after the way the leather folds. — Talia Abbas, Vogue, 10 July 2026 Alpine referring to the electric A110 at Goodwood as a development mule suggests that the vehicle remains a work in progress. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mule
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mule
  1. coyote
  2. donkey
  3. mongrel
  4. jenny
  5. hybrid
  6. burro
  7. crossbreed
  8. ass
Noun
  • Diaz depicted her late uncle, who was a coyote, or someone who helps undocumented people cross into the United States.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But the coyote has other plans and rips it up, forcing the matter to trial.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of coyote
Noun
  • Amid the deluge of information was one quick mention, in about Hour 4, of a donkey.
    — Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Thousands of livestock, including cattle, sheep, goats, mules, and donkeys, were unable to escape.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of donkey
Noun
  • In between are a bunch of mongrel appliances that leave both humans and technology worse for wear, like a computer, in a 2024 photo by Sara Deraedt, that seems to be giving birth to a wet child.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Reuters reported that the dog involved in the incident was a mongrel, or an unknown breed.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 10 July 2025
Definition of mongrel
Noun
  • Groezinger recommends growing ‘Blush Strokes’ in a container with apricot-colored petunias, white Angelonia, and creeping jenny.
    — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Creeping jenny is a mat-forming perennial with round lime-green leaves that works well in tall containers or hanging baskets.
    — Kerry Michaels, The Spruce, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of jenny
Noun
  • Affordable standard hybrid models like the Toyota Camry ($29,600) are especially attractive because of their exceptional fuel economy.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Data from medicine and other fields including chess suggest that once autonomous AI beats unaided humans, autonomous AI shortly thereafter consistently beats human-AI hybrids.
    — Abe Baker-Butler, STAT, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of hybrid
Noun
  • Come for the design, stay for the tagliolini cacio e burro (fresh pasta with butter and cheese).
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The statue was modeled after a real burro that lived in the canyon in the early 20th century.
    — Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of burro
Noun
  • Labradoodles are a crossbreed between a Labrador Retriever and a Poodle.
    — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • While the findings aren’t a condemnation of any one specific crossbreed, the study’s authors hope the new information will help dispel ongoing myths about designer dogs.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
Definition of crossbreed
Noun
  • King and Williams come with their own franchise bona fides, the former having anchored The Kissing Booth films and the latter kicking ass for nearly a decade on Game of Thrones.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Ariana Madix’s past and present are represented by two images involving her ass.
    — Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026
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