mule
noun/mjuːl/
/mjuːl/
- an animal that has a female horse and a male donkey as parents, used especially for carrying loads
- He's as stubborn as a mule.
- a man on a mule
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pack
- stubborn
- team
- ride
- ride on
- bray
- carry something
- by mule
- on a/the mule
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- (slang) a person who is paid to take drugs illegally from one country to another
- a drug/drugs mule
- The authorities believe these men are important figures in the drug trade, not merely mules.
- a slipper (= a soft shoe for wearing indoors) or a woman's shoe that is open around the heelTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Old English mūl, probably of Germanic origin, from Latin mulus, mula; reinforced in Middle English by Old French mule.sense 3 mid 16th cent.: from French, ‘slipper’.
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