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The Meaning of mule

  • (n.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny.
  • (n.) A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also hybrid.
  • (n.) A very stubborn person.
  • (n.) A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny.

Homophones

mewl , muehl

Rhymes

abdul , apostolopoul , baiul , bellefeuille , blackpool , boole , boule , bruehl , brule , buehl , buel , buhl , cesspool , claypool , cool , coole , cruel , drogoul , drool , dual , duell , dule , fool , fuel , ghoul , gurule , home-school , hoole , istanbul , jewel , joule , juel , jule , liverpool , luelle , makhoul , mccool , minuscule , misrule , molecule , muehl , overrule , pool , poole , poul , preschool , rahul , rantoul , raoul , raul , retool , reul , reule , rhule , ridicule , ruel , rule , saccule , school , schuele , spool , sproule , sproull , spruell , spruiell , spruill , stool , supercool , thule , tool , toole , tuel , tuell , tulle , tuyle , vestibule , vipul , whirlpool , yuill , yuille , yule