mule's

Stubborn beast's possession

Mule's is the possessive form of mule, the sterile offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

A mule's temperament is famously stubborn, giving rise to expressions like stubborn as a mule.

The possessive also applies to the informal sense of mule as a person who smuggles contraband: The mule's job was to carry drugs across the border.

animal

hooves

Ungulate foot coverings

  • brayHarsh donkey vocalization
  • earsAuditory organs, paired
  • stubbornRefusing to change course

pack · burden · harness · hindquarters · kick · tail · muzzle · flanks · withers · gait

hybrid

sterile

Free from microorganisms

offspring · breeding · hinny · genetics · chromosomes · infertile · mare · sire · dam · lineage

footwear

heel

Foot's rear underside

leather · clog · slipper · loafer · designer · suede · sole · pointed · flat · kitten

smuggling

courier

Delivery person or service

border · customs · swallowed · concealment · trafficking · arrest · detection · recruited · desperate · payment

stubbornness

obstinacy

Unyielding adherence to position

persistence · headstrong · defiance · intransigence · balkiness · tenacity · resistance · immovability · pigheadedness · steadfastness

Opposites
parentage/purity

mule'shorse's

Of a steed

donkey's · mare's · stallion's · pony's

STUBBORNNESS (figurative)

mule'slamb's

Young ovine's possessive

sheep's · dove's · follower's

Phrases
Family

mule, mules, muleteer, muleta

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G