mulenoun [ C ]
uk/mjuːl/us/mjuːl/mule noun [ C ] (ANIMAL)
an animal whose mother is a horse and whose father is a donkey, used especially for transporting goods
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Horses & similar animals
- beast
- beast of burden idiom
- bronco
- brood mare
- brumby
- chestnut
- fetlock
- gelding
- horse-drawn
- hunter
- mane
- mare
- mount
- mustang
- nag
- pack animal
- piebald
- skewbald
- stud
- zebra
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mule noun [ C ] (PERSON)
a person who agrees to carry illegal drugs into another country in return for payment by the person selling the drugs:
These very poor women who are used as mules by drug barons often get long prison sentences.
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Miscellaneous criminals
- arson
- bigamy
- black hat
- black market
- blackmail
- fence
- fire starter
- fire-raising
- fly-posting
- forger
- pirate
- plagiarize
- plunder
- poacher
- prowler
- straw man
- suicide bomber
- swindle
- terrorist
- thief
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mule noun [ C ] (SHOE)
a woman's shoe or slipper that has no back
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Shoes
- ankle boot
- ballet shoe
- Birkenstock
- bootlace
- bootstrap
- brogue
- gumboot
- high heels
- high-top
- hobnail boot
- insole
- instep
- shoelace
- shoestring
- shoetree
- skyscraper heels
- slingbacks
- spat
- welly
- whitening
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