Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for mut. Search instead for mut&.

mut

1 American  
[muht] / mʌt /

noun

  1. mutt.

mut 2 American  
[muht] / mʌt /

noun

Printing.

  1. mutton.

mut. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. mutilated.

  2. mutual.

mut British  
/ mʌt /

noun

  1. printing another word for em

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of mut

By shortening

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A vulture is used as the hieroglyph for mother, mut being the word for them both, and for the mother goddess of Thebes.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

At last, th' Board sattle't that they mut be paid for weet and dry,—an' there's bin quietness sin'.

From Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine by Waugh, Edwin

So mut I thee, Her Father says she shall be sent out to sea.

From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown

Mr. Penrose, aw mut as weel tell yo' afore yo' get wed, that it's no use feightin' agen a woman.

From Lancashire Idylls (1898) by Mather, Marshall

‘What mut th' child ged up theer for?’ asked Amos.

From Lancashire Idylls (1898) by Mather, Marshall

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.