donkey

3 definitions found

donkey - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Donkey \Don"key\ (d[o^][ng]"k[y^]), n.; pl. Donkeys
     (d[o^][ng]"k[i^]z). [Prob. dun, in allusion to the color of
     the animal + a dim. termination.]
     1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.
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     2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.
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     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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donkey - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  donkey
      n 1: the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons
           by Thomas Nast in 1874
      2: domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass;
         patient but stubborn [syn: domestic ass, donkey, Equus   asinus
         ]

donkey - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "donkey":
     Boeotian, Rocky Mountain canary, ass, bigot, bitter-ender, block,
     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, schmuck, standpat, standpatter,
     stickler, stupid, thickwit, witling