DONKEYS

Definition: DONKEYS

DONKEYS

Plural

1. Of Donkey

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "DONKEYS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1812. (references)

Synonyms: DONKEYS

Crosswords: DONKEYS

You could choke a dozen donkeys on that (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Are there any donkeys up there (Shrek; writing credit: Ted Elliott)

I'm having sex with three Hynerian donkeys. What does it look like (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin)

More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes. (references; author: unknown)

Fording the River Nile on Donkeys (1903)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Beware Dobermanns, Donkeys & Ducks (reference)

• Do Donkeys Dance? (reference)

• Raining Cats & Donkeys (reference)

• They Teach Donkeys to Dance (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Training Mules and Donkeys #8 (Management, Fitting & Grooming) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Boy scouts on donkeys breaking through jungle with machete. Credit: Library of Congress.

Donkeys in Berkshire Park, Pittsfield, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress.

Children riding donkeys at a beach. Credit: Library of Congress.

Central Park, donkeys in the park, New York, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Donkeys, Lancaster County, Nebraska. Credit: Library of Congress.

Indians. Person leading donkeys. Credit: Library of Congress.

Prof. E.K. Crocker's educated horses, ponies, donkeys & mules. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

And they understood what donkeys they had been

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Primarily a disease of horses, mules, and donkeys. (references)

Glanders is primarily a disease affecting horses, but it also affects donkeys and mules and can be naturally contracted by goats, dogs, and cats. Human infection, although not seen in the United States since 1945, has occurred rarely and sporadically among laboratory workers and those in direct and prolonged contact with infected, domestic animals. (references)

Trade

Thailand

Products subject to export controls are wildlife, beans, charcoal, coal, coffee, rice, corn, sand , gold, fuel, decorative sea fish and certain species of marine life, fertilizers, Buddha images, teak wood, fresh longans, garments, orchids, donkeys and horses. (references)

Lebanon

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has authorized $10 million in credit guarantees for sales of U.S. breeder livestock to Lebanon under the Commodity Credit Corporation's Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-103). The Commodities covered under GSM 103 are breeder livestock (cattle, swine, sheep, horses, and donkeys, including semen and embryos). (references)

Brazil

Breeder livestock (cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses and donkeys, including semen and embryos); wine and brandy, distilled spirits (rum, wodka and whiskey); fresh vegetables (asparagus, beans, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery, corn, garlic, lettuce, onions, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes); canned vegetables (asparagus, beans, carrots, corn, peas, tomatoes and tomato paste); frozen vegetables (beans, broccoli, carrots, corn and spinach); peanut butter or peanut flour; dairy products (butter, butter oil, ghee, anhydrous milk fat, non-fat and whole milk powder, whey powder, whey protein concentrate, lactose, non-sweetened condensed milk, fluid milk, lecithin and cheese); ice cream; meat, frozen or chilled (beef, pork and their products);wheat, wheat flour, semolina; cotton, 100% cotton yarn, 100% cotton fabrics (woven and knit unbleached/bleached/dyed, and/or printed); rice; feed grains (barley, including malting barley, white corn, yellow corn, sorghum and oats); corn products (flour, starch, corn meal, popcorn and gluten); pulses(dry beans, peas and lentils), poultry breeder stock (baby chicks, turkey pouts and hatching eggs); eggs and egg products (fresh, dry, refrigerated, frozen, albumin, etc); fresh fruits (apples, apricots, avocados, blueberries, cherries, grapes, grapefruit, kiwi, lemons, melons, nectarines, oranges, pears, plums, peaches, raspberries and tangerines); hops: hops extract; tallow: grease, lard, barley malt; potatoes(cut and chilled or frozen; flakes, granules); peanuts; commercially prepared dog and cat food, animal feed ingredients, fish food; seeds for sowing; almonds ( walnuts, pistachios, hazelnut and pecan); dry fruits, frozen fruits, canned fruits, fruit pure and fruit pulp, 100% natural fruit juice; seafood (fresh and frozen);tomato paste; alfalfa; honey; skins; nutritional beverages preparations (for human consumption); soy protein products; vegetable oils; wood; beer; cereals; preparation for breads and pizzas (powder, refrigerated of frozen); canned pickles; ready-to-eat meals; soft drinks and sodas; soups and sauces. (references)

Travel

Chad

There are large numbers of donkeys and other animals for sale. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "DONKEYS": bray of donkeys. Additional references.

Beginning with "DONKEYS": donkeys-and-backs.

Ending with "DONKEYS": nuns-and-donkeys.

Chinese 

驴 (Donkey). (various references)

Danish

Western equine encephalomyelitis (and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis). (various references)

Dutch

Western paardenencefalomyelitis (and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis). (various references)

French

encéphalomyélite équine ouest-américaine (and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group), encéphalite équine de l'ouest des Etats-Unis (and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group). (various references)

German

Western-Equine-Encephalitis-Virus (a mosquito-transmitted infection of horses, and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis). (various references)

Greek 

Εγκεφαλομυελίτιδα του ίππου της Δυτικής Αμερικής (a mosquito-transmitted infection of horses, and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis). (various references)

Italian

WEE (a mosquito-transmitted infection of horses, and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis), encefalomielite equina occidentale (a mosquito-transmitted infection of horses, and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis), encefalomielite equina dell'America dell'ovest (a mosquito-transmitted infection of horses, and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis), encefalomielite equina americana dell'ovest (a mosquito-transmitted infection of horses, and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis), encefalite equina occidentale (a mosquito-transmitted infection of horses, and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis). (various references)

Korean 

나귀 (Donkey). (various references)

Pig Latin

onkeysday.(various references)

Portuguese

Encefalite equina americana do Oeste (a mosquito-transmitted infection of horses, and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis). (various references)

Spanish

Encefalomielitis equina americana occidental (a mosquito-transmitted infection of horses, and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis). (various references)

Swedish

åsneskri (bray of donkeys, heehaw). (various references)

Misspellings

"DONKEYS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dinkey, dinkys, dokey, Donakey, Dongkhe, donkers, donky, Donsey, donzels, dookey, Doskey, dungeys, dunkey, onkey. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: donkey, doyens, kendos.

-2 letters: donsy, doyen, dykes, dynes, ensky, kendo, kenos, nodes, nosed, nosey, skyed, sonde, synod, yoked, yokes.

-3 letters: dens, deny, desk, deys, does, done, dons, dose, dyes, dyke, dyne, ends, eons, keno, kens, keys, node, nods, noes, nose, nosy, odes, okes, ones, oyes, send, sned, snye, soke, sone, syke, syne, yens.

+2 letters: ankylosed.

+3 letters: monkeypods.

+4 letters: donkeyworks.

+5 letters: cockeyedness.