Mullet Definition

mŭlĭt
mullets
noun
mullets
Any of a family (Mugilidae) of edible, spiny-finned percoid fishes, both freshwater and marine, having a small mouth and feeble teeth, esp. a striped species (Mugil cephalus)
Webster's New World
Any goatfish, esp. a species (Mullus auratus) with reddish or golden scales.
Webster's New World
A hairstyle in which the hair is worn short on the top and sides of the head and longer in the back.
Webster's New World
A fool.
Wiktionary

(slang) A person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader.

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Noun

Singular:
mullet
Plural:
mullets

Origin of Mullet

  • Middle English molet from Medieval Latin mulettus probably from Old French mulet from mul from Latin mullus from Greek mullos Sense 2, popularized and perhaps coined in the 1990s by the American hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, possibly as a back-formation from mullet-head blockhead, idiot

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Or mullethead, possibly derived from the fish (see Etymology 1) or from mull (meaning to stupefy) though neither is certain.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old French mulet (now "˜grey mullet'), from Latin mullus (“red mullet"), from Ancient Greek μύλλος (mullos).

    From Wiktionary

  • Apparently coined (popularized) by hip hop group the Beastie Boys.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old French molette (“rowel")

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Mullet Sentence Examples

  • The people are employed in fishing for coral and sponges, as well as for bream, mullet and other fish.

  • Buffalo-fish, paddle-fish, cat-fish, drum, crappie, black bass, rock bass, German carp, sturgeon, pike, perch, eels, suckers and shrimp inhabit the waters of the Mississippi and its tributaries, and oysters, shrimp, trout, Spanish mackerel, channel bass, black bass, sheepshead, mullet, croakers, pompano, pin-fish, blue-fish, flounders, crabs and terrapin are obtained from the Mississippi Sound and the rivers flowing into it.

  • Large numbers of shad, blue fish, weak fish (squeteague), alewives, Spanish mackerel, perch, bass, croakers (Micropogon undulatus), mullet, menhaden, oysters and clams are caught in the sounds, in the lower courses of the rivers flowing into them, or in the neighbouring waters of the sea.

  • The fisheries are chiefly of shad, oysters, mullet, alewives, clams, black bass, menhaden, croakers and bluefish.

  • The king fish and tarpon are hunted for sport, while mullet, shad, redsnappers, pompano, trout, sheepshead and Spanish mackerel are of great economic value.

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