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mullet

mullet

9 5.1
A hairstyle with short front hair and long back hair
  • noun
  • /ˈmʌlɪt/
translation icon : mullet
  • Who's got the better mullet, Theo or Morgan?
  • mullet haircut
  • mullet hairstyle
  • wearing a mullet

My hair is what resembles A overgrown mullet.

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Examples

  • Dude kicked out of a bar for having a totally rad mullet?

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  • For those who grew up in the 80s, the mullet was the style to have.

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  • And I saw sorry and I saw this mullet man driving a four by four.

  • I hope this particular mullet, it's not really working for you.

  • Hey, remember when he had a mullet?

  • - I love your mullet, bro.

  • You were so much cooler when you wore a mullet.

  • An Australian nightclub patron was asked to leave the bar after his mullet was deemed offensive by the club's owners.

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  • The game's main protagonist, Player, is a typical 80's 'dudebro' -- mullet and all.

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  • When he walked into the party with his distinctive mullet, everyone turned to stare.

Compounds

A hairy plant with yellow flowers like a daisy once used to keep away fleas

6.0

A fish with a long rounded body that lives in seas and rivers that people often eat

7.2

Meat from a common sea or river fish that people eat

A small red fish with whisker-like feelers that lives in warm seas

A fish with dark horizontal stripes that lives in warm coastal waters and is often caught

white mullet
  • Specialized
7.0

A silvery fish with a long thin body that people eat or use as bait

How Long

long-haired
13 1.9
ponytail
64 2.1
mullet
9 5.1
short-haired
4 1.3

Surface Forms

mullet singular
mullets plural

Etymology

Mullet for the haircut is a modern slang name from the 1980s and 1990s, and one popular story says people joked that the short front and long back looked a bit like the fish, so mullet now means a hairstyle with short hair at the front and sides and long hair at the back.