mule
Meanings
Plural: mules
Noun
- hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
- a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
- The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.
- A hybrid plant.
- A stubborn person.
- A person paid to smuggle drugs.
- A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.
- A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character.
- Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.
- A kind of triangular sail for a yacht.
- A kind of cotton-spinning machine.
- Any shoe with an upper covering the front of the foot but without a back flap or strap, leaving the heel exposed.
Verb
- To smuggle (illegal drugs).
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English mule, from Anglo-Norman mule and Old English mūl, both from Latin mūlus, from Proto-Indo-European *mukslós. Compare Late Latin muscellus (“young he-mule”), Old East Slavic мъшкъ (mŭškŭ, “mule”), Ancient Greek (Phocian) μυχλός (mukhlós, “he-ass”), and German Maul Maultier, Maulesel (through Latin).
Scrabble Score: 6
mule is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordmule is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mule is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
mule is a valid Words With Friends word