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mutt

/mʌt/

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Northern England/mʊt/

mutt noun: a mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin. Also the alternative form of matha.

Noun

mutt (plural mutts)

  1. A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
    • Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly / Get these mutts away from me / You know, I don't find this stuff amusing anymore1986, Paul Simon, “You Can Call Me Al”, in Graceland
    Synonyms:
    Heinz 57
  2. (derogatory, humorous, usually) A person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry.
    • Soon, we will no longer be an outpost of Europe, but a nation of mutts, a nation with hundreds of fluid ethnicities from around the world, intermarrying and intermingling. Americans of European descent are already a minority among 5-year-olds. […] Immigration reform or not, the nation of mutts is...2013 June 28, David Brooks, “A Nation of Mutts”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020
  3. (Internet, broadly, derogatory) A person from the United States.
    • Kys degenerate cumbrain. Satisfying fetishes that seem mean is one thing, but you should always respect your own people, no matter how "shit" or "retarded" they are. Not that I'd expect a demoralized amerifat to understand. You probably fuck different races or other mutts anyway so the love for...2019 December 11, anonymous author, 4chan, /bant/
  4. (US, derogatory, slang) An idiot, a stupid person.
    • “I knew you weren’t such a mutt as you looked,” she cried.1923, Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links
    • I must say I think Chloe was a bit of a mutt to walk on the bed and then leave a button somewhere about. She might have learned better than that from the pictures surely.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
  5. (derogatory, slang) An ugly woman.
    • Too bad the guys' ^([sic]) wife is a total mutt. I guess he wants to achieve a less stressful life; he married ugly.2007, Lewis Korn, Ice Cold, page 49
  6. (slang, Antarctica) The snowy sheathbill.

Also used as

mutt is also the alternative form of matha.

mutt meaning in Malay

mutt in Malay

mongrel dog
anjing campuran

Examples of mutt in a sentence

  • Soon, we will no longer be an outpost of Europe, but a nation of mutts, a nation with hundreds of fluid ethnicities from around the world, intermarrying and intermingling.2013 June 28, David Brooks, “A Nation of Mutts”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:
  • You probably fuck different races or other mutts anyway so the love for your own blood is probably not there.2019 December 11, anonymous author, 4chan, /bant/:
  • A mutt who doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” he said, among many other things, in a video.2019 November 20, Luke O'Neil, quoting Robert De Niro, “Robert De Niro v Trump: a complete history of a (mainly one-sided) beef”, in The...

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Synonyms of mutt

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Forms of mutt

pluralmutts

Plural of mutt: mutts

Origin of mutt

Clipping of muttonhead.

Words formed from mutt

Words that rhyme with mutt

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Questions about mutt

What does mutt mean?
Mutt means a mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
What is mutt in Malay?
Mutt in Malay is anjing campuran. See Mutt meaning in Malay.
How do you use mutt in a sentence?
Soon, we will no longer be an outpost of Europe, but a nation of mutts, a nation with hundreds of fluid ethnicities from around the world, intermarrying and intermingling.
What part of speech is mutt?
Mutt is a noun.
How do you pronounce mutt?
Mutt is pronounced /mʌt/.
What is the plural of mutt?
The plural of mutt is mutts.

Words near mutt in the dictionary

  1. mutsuddy
  2. Mutsuko
  3. Mutsumi
  4. Mutsun
  5. Mutsus
  6. mutt
  7. Mutt and Jeff
  8. mutt's nuts
  9. Mutt-and-Jeff
  10. Muttama
  11. muttasuddies

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