Thesaurus results for PACK ANIMAL

pack animal

noun

Definition of pack animal

as in ass

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Recent Examples of pack animal The long-distance trade is particularly impressive considering pre-Columbian North America’s only pack animal was the dog. — Adam Crepelle, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2025 All this was built with only basic tools, pack animals and human muscle – the latter supplied by some 9,000 laborers, roughly one-quarter of whom were recent immigrants from Ireland. — Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025 But Hani has brought her along more as a companion than as a pack animal. — Literary Hub, 21 May 2025 There was as yet no donkey or other docile pack animal, no horse that wasn’t wild, no wheel and hence no wagon. — Literary Hub, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pack animal

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Noun

Luann is unfazed and unmoving, cigar in hand, fedora on her head, posing for the camera despite the woman wailing from beneath her ass.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
Throwing a smartphone chip, a power supply, some basic speakers, and a few ports in a small box shouldn’t cost all that much if a whole-ass laptop version is $699.

— Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of ass

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French doors open from both bedrooms onto a cobbled terrace with seating overlooking the fields—a sweet spot for morning coffee among the horses, sheep, and the aforementioned vocal donkey.

— Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2026
The attorney for HeeHaw's owner says the donkey was raised as a pet and known to be docile.

— Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of donkey

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Still, the show never gets beyond Russ being a showboating jackass and Chad being the low-IQ projection of a showboating jackass.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Eminem In the first film, Joe Flaherty's character famously heckles Happy by repeatedly calling him a jackass right before he's set to putt.

— Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 25 July 2025

Definition of jackass

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