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Meaning of mullet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈmʌlɪt/

Definitions

  1. A star with straight edges and usually with five or six points.
  2. A surname.
  3. A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (red mullets or goatfish).
  4. A fool.
  5. A hairstyle where the hair is kept short on the top and sides and long at the back.
  6. A person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader.
    slang
  7. The rowel of a spur.
  8. A fish of the family Mugilidae (order Mugiliformes) (grey mullets).
    US, especially
  9. Any of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family (especially in the genus Moxostoma, redhorses)
    US

Equivalents

العربية بوري
Čeština deka parmice
Ελληνικά κέφαλος
日本語 ぼら マレット
한국어 숭어
Nederlands harder matje nektapijt
Português mullet salmonete tainha
Русский кефаль ма́ллет
Svenska hockeyfrilla
Türkçe kefal
Tiếng Việt cá đối

Examples

“– Mullet head, don't touch the back – Cut the sides, don't touch the back”
“– Maybe it's a curly fro. – Maybe every day is bad hair day! – Maybe it's a mullet!”
“Grogan, Creation of 1859, or Moyvore, Westmeath. [...] Arms,—Barry of sex or and sable, on a chief engrailed azure a lion passant of the first. Crest,—A lion's head erased sable, charged with a mullet or.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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