Mule vs Jackass what difference
what is difference between Mule and Jackass
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /mjuːl/
- Rhymes: -uːl
- Homophone: mewl
Etymology 1
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).
Noun
mule (plural mules)
- 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.
- (dated) A hybrid plant.
- (informal) A stubborn person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stubborn person
- (slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.
- (numismatics) A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.
- (role-playing games) A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner’s primary character.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mule.
- Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.
- (sailing) A kind of triangular sail for a yacht.
- A kind of cotton-spinning machine.
Synonyms
- (sterile hybrid of donkey and horse): Missouri canary
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- ass
- donkey
- hinny (male horse X female donkey)
- horse
Verb
mule (third-person singular simple present mules, present participle muling, simple past and past participle muled)
- (transitive, slang) To smuggle (illegal drugs).
Etymology 2
From Middle French mule (“slipper”), from Latin mulleus calceus (“red shoe”), from mullus (“red”).
Noun
mule (plural mules)
- A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot.
Translations
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muːlə/, [ˈmuːlə]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse múli, from Proto-Germanic *mūlô.
Noun
mule c (singular definite mulen, plural indefinite muler)
- muzzle
Inflection
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
mule (imperative mul, infinitive at mule, present tense muler, past tense mulede, perfect tense har mulet)
- pommel, pummel, pound, lick
- sulk
Synonyms
- (pommel): banke, tæve
- (sulk): surmule
French
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old French mule, from Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus.
Noun
mule f (plural mules)
- mule (animal)
- mule (footwear)
- mule (for drug smuggling)
- Synonym: bouletteux
Derived terms
- têtu comme une mule
Italian
Noun
mule f
- plural of mula
Anagrams
- lume
Latin
Noun
mūle
- vocative singular of mūlus
References
- mule in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmulɛ/, [ˈmulə]
Noun
mule
- nominative/accusative plural of mul
- inflection of mula:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Middle English
Alternative forms
- mewle, moyle, muile, mul, muyle
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman mule, from Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus; reinforced by native Old English mūl, from the same Latin source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiu̯l(ə)/
Noun
mule (plural mules)
- mule (donkey-horse hybrid)
- (rare) hinny
- (rare) idiot
Descendants
- English: mule
- Scots: mule
References
- “mūl(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse múli, from Proto-Germanic *mūlô.
Noun
mule m (definite singular mulen, indefinite plural muler, definite plural mulene)
- muzzle
References
- “mule” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Anagrams
- ulme
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse múli, from Proto-Germanic *mūlô. The verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²mʉː.lə/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
mule m (definite singular mulen, indefinite plural mular, definite plural mulane)
- muzzle
Related terms
- myle
Verb
mule (present tense mular, past tense mula, past participle mula, passive infinitive mulast, present participle mulande, imperative mul)
- (intransitive) to pout
References
- “mule” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- ulme
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse múli, from Proto-Germanic *mūlô.
Noun
mūle m
- muzzle
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: mule
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmu.lɛ/
- Homophone: mulę
Noun
mule
- locative/vocative singular of muł
Noun
mule
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mul
Noun
mule
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mula
Adjective
mule
- inflection of muli:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Further reading
- mule in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Volapük
Noun
mule
- dative singular of mul
English
Alternative forms
- jack-ass
Etymology
From jack + ass
Pronunciation
Noun
jackass (countable and uncountable, plural jackasses)
- A male donkey.
- Synonym: jack
- (chiefly US) A foolish or stupid person.
- Synonyms: fool, idiot, dink, dope, buffoon
- (chiefly US) An inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.
- Synonyms: jerk, asshole, bastard, bitch
- 2004 King of the Hill (TV, season 8.8)
- Bobby, only jackasses go around saying how much money they make.
- (US, slang, uncountable) A kind of bootleg liquor.
- Richard Mendelson, From Demon to Darling: A Legal History of Wine in America (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, p. 82)
- As the vintner Louis Foppiano recalled years later, Sonoma County during Prohibition became a center for bootlegging, not of wine, but of spirits. ‘There were some big stills hidden up in the hills of Sonoma, some producing five hundred gallons of Jackass [spirits made from spring water and sugar] a day.’
- Vivienne Sosnowski, When the Rivers Ran Red: An Amazing Story of Courage and Triumph in America’s Wine Country (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, p. 110)
- By now the wine counties were rife with the activity of the illegal wine trade and the force of the Prohibition Unit was hustling to keep up. At the start of the year, Officer William Navas had staged a raid on the dining room at Healdsburg’s Hotel Sotoyome and discovered ‘jackass’ brandy […]
- Richard Mendelson, From Demon to Darling: A Legal History of Wine in America (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, p. 82)
Derived terms
Translations
Proper noun
jackass
- (poker slang) a jack and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold ’em due to phonetic similarity
Verb
jackass (third-person singular simple present jackasses, present participle jackassing, simple past and past participle jackassed)
- (rare) to behave very obnoxiously
See also
- Jackass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Rich McComas (2004-12-05) , “Holdem Secrets – 400+ Pocket Cards”, in (Please provide the title of the work)[1], retrieved 2008-08-07