'Donkey' definitions:
Definition of 'donkey'
From: WordNet
noun
The symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
noun
Domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn [syn: domestic ass, donkey, Equus asinus]
Definition of 'Donkey'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'donkey'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ass,
- bigot,
- bitter-ender,
- block,
- Boeotian,
- 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,
- Rocky Mountain canary,
- schmuck,
- standpat,
- standpatter,
- stickler,
- stupid,
- thickwit,
- witling