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[ muht ] / mʌt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mutt ON THESAURUS.COM
noun Slang.a dog, especially a mongrel. a stupid or foolish person; simpleton. Origin of mutt1900–05, Americanism; short for muttonhead Words nearby muttmutinous, mutiny, mutism, muton, Mutsuhito, mutt, Mutt and Jeff, mutter, mutton, mutton bird, muttonbirder Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for muttHayes and Komisarjevsky were “a Mutt and Jeff pair; the whole thing happened because they were inside together.” Inside the Mind of a Monster|Jacob Bernstein|November 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST It took 16 years before the last survivor, a mutt named Musketeer, expired. The World’s 12 Richest Dogs|The Daily Beast|June 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST You listened to the very people who created our economic meltdown, the Mutt and Jeff team of Larry Summers and Tim Geithner. Grow a Pair, Obama|Larry Flynt|July 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST "There's a 'mutt' class among the specials, Dr. Hopper says," put in the Master, jocosely. Lad: A Dog|Albert Payson Terhune
He took it like a mutt and now he has a hole in it and wears it around his neck and everybody thinks it is an awful joke on me. The Carter Girls|Nell Speed “That mutt Sondheim looks like a bad one to me, and the other guy––Kastner,” he observed gloomily. The Crimson Tide|Robert W. Chambers You want to make him feel like a mutt; and a mutt's the worst kind of a fool. T. Tembarom|Frances Hodgson Burnett Silently the sled glided over the smooth trail and slanted out onto the river with Boris, Mutt, and Slasher capering in its wake. Connie Morgan in Alaska|James B. Hendryx
British Dictionary definitions for mutt
noun slangan inept, ignorant, or stupid person a mongrel dog; cur Word Origin for muttC20: shortened from muttonhead 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 Words related to muttpooch, mongrel, dog |