MULLET Definition & Meaning

mullet

[ muhl-it ]

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noun

plural (especially collectively) mullet, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) mullets.

any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body.
a goatfish.
a sucker, especially of the genus Moxostoma.

mullet

[ muhl-it ]

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noun

Heraldry.

a starlike charge having five points unless a greater number is specified, used especially as the cadency mark of a third son.

mullet

[ muhl-it ]

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noun

a hairstyle in which the hair is short in the front and at the sides of the head, and longer in the back.

mullet

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noun

any of various teleost food fishes belonging to the families Mugilidae (grey mullet) or Mullidae (red mullet) See also grey mullet red mullet
the US name for grey mullet

mullet

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noun

a hairstyle in which the hair is short at the top and long at the back

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of mullet¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English molet, mulet, melet, from Old French mulet “red mullet,” from Latin mullus “red mullet,” from Greek ��ý��ǲ�, a kind of unidentified fish ; -et

Origin of mullet²

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English molet(te), from Old French molete “rowel of a spur,” equivalent to mole “millstone” ( French meule ) + -ette diminutive suffix; -ette

Origin of mullet³

First recorded in 1990–95; perhaps by shortening of mullethead “blockhead, fool”; popularized and probably coined by U.S. hip-hop group the Beastie Boys

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of mullet¹

C15: via Old French from Latin mullus, from Greek mullos

Origin of mullet²

C20: origin unknown

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The constant radio chatter — which includes the unlikely announcing voice of legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman — doesn’t give the era away, nor do the younger characters’ hairstyles, since mullets and dreads endure.

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Last year, the pūteketeke won the competition after comedian John Oliver threw his weight behind it, launching a campaign that involved him dressing up as the bird, complete with a striking burnt-orange mullet.

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Thomas was indelible in the 1980s, the age of mullets, leg warmers and “The Fall Guy” in which she played stuntwoman Jody Banks opposite a bounty hunter created by Lee Majors.

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It made subject Joe Exotic, an eccentric felon with an affinity for mullets, tattooed eyeliner and big cats, into a household name.

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So what does he call someone sporting a mullet?

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