mullet

¹ American  

[muhl-it] / ˈmʌl ɪt /

noun

plural

mullet,

plural

mullets

1. any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body.

2. a goatfish.

3. a sucker, especially of the genus Moxostoma.

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mullet ² American  

[muhl-it] / ˈmʌl ɪt /

Also molet

noun

Heraldry.

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

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mullet ³ American  

[muhl-it] / ˈmʌl ɪt /

noun

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

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mullet ¹ British  

/ ˈmʌlɪt /

noun

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

2. the US name for grey mullet

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mullet ² British  

/ ˈmʌlɪt /

noun

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

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Etymology

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 mýllos, 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

Example Sentences

The solution to Australia's problem of replacing David Warner was sitting in plain sight with a mullet and bristly Australian moustache.

From BBC

“Twenty-five-year-old mullet man says he can control the weather by emitting heavy metals into the clouds above you,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was very all those days of, ‘oh my God, look at his hair. He’s got a mullet.’

From Los Angeles Times

Unlike her own style, Maeve dresses in dark colors with heavy, metallic jewelry and sports a shaggy mullet.

From Los Angeles Times

“The military-grade haircut is gone, in favour of a luxuriant ginger mullet.”

From Salon