Definitions for donkey

donkey don·key

Spelling: [dong-kee, dawng-, duhng-]
IPA: /ˈdɒŋ ki, ˈdɔŋ-, ˈdʌŋ-/

Donkey is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in donkey (deknoy).

Definitions for donkey

noun

  1. the domestic ass, Equus asinus.
  2. (since 1874) a representation of this animal as the emblem of the U.S. Democratic Party.
  3. a stupid, silly, or obstinate person.
  4. a woodworking apparatus consisting of a clamping frame and saw, used for cutting marquetry veneers.

adjective

  1. Machinery. auxiliary:

Origin of donkey

1775-85; perhaps alteration of Dunkey, hypocoristic form of Duncan, man's name

Examples for donkey

"Well, we had some fun with the donkey, anyhow," put in Ned.

When first I saw the donkey I saw him in the sunlight as the unearthly gargoyle that he is.

He was painting the Sistine Chapel, and he was angry at one of the bishops or cardinals, so he painted him in with donkey ears.

"It's Charley Channing that's the donkey; not me," cried Tod, fiercely.

The Leopard Woman sat her donkey, and surveyed it all with appreciative eyes.

The symbol of that influence was that ancient symbol of the humble and humorous—a donkey.

For the donkeys who have long felt that donkey Ball should not be real, 2014 earns an A-.

He patrolled on foot, and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) filled the donkey paths that crisscrossed the wadis and hills.

In the second instance, it is a man and his wife pleading from atop a donkey.

The second page of the Power Point is headlined “Politics” and features two photographs—an elephant and a donkey.

Word Value for donkey
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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