forklift vs mule

forklift

noun
  • A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved. 

verb
  • To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle. 

mule

noun
  • A kind of cotton-spinning machine. 

  • The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. 

  • A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error. 

  • Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors. 

  • The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals. 

  • A kind of triangular sail for a yacht. 

  • A stubborn person. 

  • A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot. 

  • A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character. 

  • A person paid to smuggle drugs. 

verb
  • To smuggle (illegal drugs). 

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