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Definition: Mullet |
MulletNoun1. Highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet. 2. Freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide. 3. Bottom-dwelling marine warm-water fishes with two barbels on the chin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mullet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Synonym: MulletSynonym: gray mullet (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The mullet type of haircut, long associated with United States redneck culture, appears short on top, long (shoulder-length or more) at the back, with the ears exposed. The Beastie Boys purportedly coined this word-usage.
see also white trash
In heraldry the term mullet or molet refers to a charge or a difference in the shape of a star - by default one with five points (compare pentagram). Variants include the mullet of six points (compare star of David) and the mullet of eight points (compare octagram). Third sons bore the mullet as a difference.
Mullet in slang refers to a person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader (similar to the older slang term "lemming"). The phrase "stunned mullet" expresses the absence of vivacity and discernment of such a person. The allusion here is most likely to the mullet (see above), a nearshore schooling fish with rather large, blank-staring eyes; the term may also have gained some currency with the popularization of the term mullet for a particular type of haircut (see above) claimed to be favored by the undiscerning and uneducated.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mullet."
Crosswords: Mullet |
| English words defined with "mullet": Botargo, Bouri ♦ Estoile ♦ gray mullet ♦ Harder ♦ Jumping mullet ♦ King mullet ♦ liza ♦ Mugil cephalus, Mugil curema, Mugil liza, Mulliod ♦ Stone roller, striped mullet ♦ White mullet. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mullet": veranda net, verandah net. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Mommy, I want a mullet! (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) You stupid mullet head. (Cool Hand Luke; writing credit: Donn Pearce) Uhyou have a mullet. (2 Little, 2 Late; writing credit: Jim Brooks; Mark Swanson) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Casting net for bait mullet off the Isle of Palms Causeway. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Marty Millard, a charter boat captain, casts for bait mullet in Conn Harbor. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Photo #5a - A fisherman retrieving his net after casting for mullet and other fish off a bridge south of Everglades City. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Photo #6a - A fisherman displaying his catch after his net for mullet and other fish off a bridge south of Everglades City. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Photo #1b - The waterside view of a fisherman casting his net for mullet and other fish off a bridge south of Everglades City. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Photo #2b - The waterside view of a fisherman casting his net for mullet and other fish off a bridge south of Everglades City. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Photo #3b - The waterside view of a fisherman casting his net for mullet and other fish off a bridge south of Everglades City. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Fisherman casting his net for mullet and other fish next to the Judge Jolly Bridge on Marco Island. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. A mullet, common in southeastern U. S. estuaries, on the pier. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Estuaries serve as vital nurseries for a wide variety of fishes, shellfishes, and birds. The bellies of these three juvenile fishes are packed full of goodies from the marsh's bounty. Pictured here from top to bottom are young of the year mullet, flounder, and spot, all of which enter North Inlet Estuary in February from their offshore places of birth. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
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| "Mullet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mullet" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 26 | 68,323 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "mullet" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Mullet | Last name | 1,000 | 18,072 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "mullet": Carp mullet ♦ feabane mullet ♦ French mullet ♦ golden grey mullet ♦ gray mullet ♦ grey mullet ♦ hog mullet ♦ Jumping mullet ♦ King mullet ♦ red mullet ♦ striped mullet ♦ white mullet. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
mullet | 2,662 | american mullet | 16 |
mullet galore | 148 | mullet gallore | 16 |
mullet picture | 114 | mullet photo | 15 |
mullet wig | 107 | mullet upn | 15 |
mullet hair cut | 93 | mullet net | 14 |
mullet hair | 76 | fear of the mullet | 14 |
hair style mullet | 64 | mullet lake michigan | 14 |
mullet rate | 58 | mullet bay | 13 |
mullet pic | 41 | mullet lake mi | 13 |
mullet head | 27 | mullet show tv | 12 |
fish mullet | 27 | mullet song | 12 |
mullet rock | 26 | cut the mullet | 12 |
mullet lake | 20 | fishing mullet | 11 |
mullet hunter | 19 | mullet joke | 11 |
mullet t shirt | 19 | mullet web site | 10 |
mullet man | 19 | mullet smoked | 10 |
tower at mullet bay | 19 | mullet junky | 10 |
midget mullet | 18 | mullet festival | 10 |
history mullet | 17 | bay mullet resort | 9 |
country hair his hit known mullet one star style wonder | 16 | cartoon mullet | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "mullet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qefull (gray mullet), barbun. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سمك البوري, أبو ذقن. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | колеранг. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 鯖 (mackerel), 梭鱼. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | cípal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tyndlæbet multe (thin-lip grey mullet, thin-lipped grey mullet), tyklæbet multe (thick-lip grey mullet, thick-lipped grey mullet), stribet multe (common grey mullet, flathead grey mullet, flat-head grey mullet, striped mullet), storhovedet multe (common grey mullet, flathead grey mullet, striped mullet), springmulte (leaping grey mullet), rødskæg (red mullet, striped mullet), rød mulle (red mullet, striped mullet), japansk multe (so-iny mullet), en art multe (so-iny mullet), afrikansk multe (leaping African mullet, narrow-head mullet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | mul (loose, powdery, sandy), springharder (leaping grey mullet), so-iny harder (so-iny mullet), koning van de poon (red mullet, rock mullet, striped mullet, surmullet), herder (shepherd), harder (common grey mullet, flathead grey mullet, flat-head grey mullet, striped mullet, thermosetting), grootkopharder (common grey mullet, flat-head grey mullet, striped mullet), gewone harder (common grey mullet, flathead grey mullet, striped mullet), gestreepte zeebarbeel (red mullet, striped mullet), dunlipharder (thin-lip grey mullet, thin-lipped grey mullet), diklippige harder (thick-lip grey mullet, thick-lipped grey mullet), diklipharder (thick-lip grey mullet, thick-lipped grey mullet), Afrikaanse harder (leaping African mullet, narrow-head mullet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | VE (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Leaping grey mullet, Venezuela), savustettu juovakeltti (smoked grey mullet), pikkumullo (red mullet, striped mullet), paksuhuulikeltti (thick-lip grey mullet, thick-lipped grey mullet), ohuthuulikeltti (thin-lip grey mullet, thin-lipped grey mullet), keltti-laji (leaping grey mullet, so-iny mullet), juovakeltti (common grey mullet, flat-head grey mullet, striped mullet), afrikankeltti (leaping African mullet, narrow-head mullet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rouget-barbet (red mullet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | meerbarbe, meeräsche. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κέφαλοσ, μύλοσ (mill, whirligig), μπαρμπούνι (barbel, red mullet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קיפון. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tengeri hal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | muggine (common grey mullet, flathead grey mullet, flat-head grey mullet, striped mullet), triglia (red mullet, striped mullet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | " . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぼら. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mullad. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ulletmay mugem (common grey mullet, flat-head grey mullet, striped mullet), moleta, tainha, salmonete (grilse, peel, samlet, surmullet), ruivo (auburn, carroty, gingery, gurnet, redhead, ruddy, rufous). (various references) lumânãricã. (various references) кефаль. (various references) cipal. (various references) mójol. (various references) multe. (various references) ปลาจำพวกปลากระบอก. (various references) tekir (tabby, tabby cat). (various references) кефаль. (various references) $grey mullet$ cá đối $red mullet$ cá phèn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Mullus Linnaeus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mullet": mullets. (additional references) | |
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"Mullet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emulet, malleto, mallett, Mbulelo, Mellet, mellte, Meulent, millett, Mljet, molet, mollet, mollett, mulat, mulata, mulcle, Mulet, Muleta, muley, mullato, mulle, mullertii, Mulley, mullit, Mullu, mulot, nulle, Tullett, Ullet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mullet" (pronounced mu"lut) |
| 4 | -u" l u t | gullet. |
| 3 | -l u t | amulet, anklet, appellate, autopilot, ballot, billet, booklet, boomlet, bracelet, branchlet, bullet, Charlotte, chocolate, collet, consulate, copilot, desolate, droplet, emasculate, eyelet, Gantlet, gauntlet, giblet, goblet, hamlet, harlot, helot, immaculate, inarticulate, inviolate, lancelet, leaflet, mallet, Merlot, Millet, omelet, palate, palette, pallet, pamphlet, particulate, pellet, piglet, pilot, platelet, prelate, quintuplet, scarlet, sextuplet, skillet, starlet, tablet, template, templet, toilet, triplet, ultraviolet, Violet, wallet, zealot. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-l-m-t-u" | |
-1 letter: tulle. | |
-2 letters: lute, mell, melt, mule, mull, mute, tell, tule. | |
-3 letters: ell, elm, emu, let, leu, lum, mel, met, mut, tel. | |
-4 letters: el, em, et, me, mu, um, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-l-m-t-u" | |
+1 letter: mullets, mullite. | |
+2 letters: mullites, multiple, plumelet, umbellet. | |
+3 letters: clitellum, guillemet, guillemot, multicell, multilane, multiline, multiples, multiplet, multiplex, multipole, plumelets, rostellum, scutellum, tellurium, umbellate, umbellets. | |
+4 letters: allurement, antebellum, guillemets, guillemots, haustellum, illuminate, medullated, metallurgy, multilayer, multilevel, multilobed, multiplets, multiplied, multiplier, multiplies, postbellum, rostellums, telluriums, thimbleful, tumblerful, ultimately. | |
+5 letters: allurements, emulatively, fulfillment, fullmouthed, illuminated, illuminates, masterfully, mellifluent, multibarrel, multibladed, multicelled, multiclient, multiplayer, multiplexed, multiplexer, multiplexes, multiplexor, multipliers, multivalent, multivolume, rambouillet, submultiple, thimblefuls, tremulously, tumblerfuls, ultrasimple, unlimitedly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 75 6C 6C 65 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- ..- .-.. .-.. . - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01110101 01101100 01101100 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M u l l e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0075 006C 006C 0065 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)478778787186 |
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