donkey

noun (plural donkeys)

• 1a domesticated hoofed mammal of the horse family with long ears and a braying call, used as a beast of burden; an ass.

  • Equus asinus, family Equidae, descended from the wild ass of Africa

• 2 informal a stupid or inept person.

• 3 informal an engine.

• 4 (also donkey stool) a low stool on which an artist sits astride, especially in an art school.

• 5 [mass noun] a children’s card game involving exchanging cards.