donkey
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- noun
- /ˈdɔŋki/
:
burro
- The tall man passed us in a quick cloud of dust, scared the donkey, and disappeared.
- ride a donkey
- transport by donkey
- a donkey cart
Doves, disabled animals, donkeys, what else?
- Doves, disabled animals, donkeys, what else?
- But, you know, my donkeys don't view me like that.
- And I have weighed getting a tattoo of a small donkey that looks like a zebra.
- He came over here because he was going up the Trudos Mountains with his donkey and his donkey died.
- Is that just like when the donkeys fight?
- I think, I think we are looking at a slow donkey here.
Examples
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Mas George led the donkey while my mother and I rode side-saddle on its back.
Fiction book (1993) -
During the festival, the children took turns riding on the back of a gentle donkey.
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What is it about a donkey that a child is drawn to?
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Observing the poverty of the village, the group decided to buy a donkey for the local community.
Academic text (2011) -
Below him on the street, his donkey waits next to a wooden cart filled with odds and ends.
Academic text (2006) -
An Oromo woman transports water in jerry cans with the help of her donkey to the market.
Academic text (2009) -
Lantern light shone softly from a rafter above while a donkey slept in a corner.
Fiction book (1993) -
The farmer loaded the sacks onto the donkey for the long journey to the market.
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To help with the heavy supplies, they adopted a donkey known for its patience and strength.
Synonyms
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A small, strong animal like a horse with long ears used to carry loads
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A small donkey used to carry things
A strong animal with long ears that people use to carry loads on farms
An animal people keep like a small horse that they use to carry things
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
A rude slang phrase for a very large thing, sometimes used as a crude word for a man's penis
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Donkey may come from dun 'brown' plus a small ending -key, so a helpful way to remember it is 'little brown one'. That fits the animal: a small, strong creature used to carry loads and sometimes seen as stubborn.