mullet

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌlɪt/, /ˈmʌlət/
• Rhymes: -ʌlɪt
• Rhymes: -ʌlət

Mullet catch

Wikispecies From Old French mulet (now ‘grey mullet’), from Latin mullus (“red mullet”), from Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos).

mullet (plural mullets or mullet)

1. A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (the red mullets or goatfish).
2. (especially US) A fish of the family Mugilidae (order Mugiliformes) (the grey mullets).
3. (US) Any of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family (especially in the genus Moxostoma, the redhorses)

• (Mugillidae): haarder
• (Mugillidae): springer

Or mullethead, possibly derived from the fish (see Etymology 1) or from mull (meaning to stupefy) though neither is certain.[1]

mullet (plural mullets)

1. A fool

Man with a mullet hairstyle.

Man with a long mullet hairstyle.

1994 US. Apparently coined (and popularized) by hip hop group the Beastie Boys in their song "Mullet Head".

mullet (plural mullets)

1. A hairstyle where the hair is kept short on the top and sides and long at the back.
   • 1994, Beastie Boys "Mullet Head"

     – Mullet head, don't touch the back

     – Cut the sides, don't touch the back

   • 2008, Danielle Corsetto, Girls With Slingshots 406

     – Maybe it's a curly fro.

     – Maybe every day is bad hair day!

     – Maybe it's a mullet!

2. (slang) A person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader.

• hockey hair

• skullet

From Old French molette (“rowel”)

mullet (plural mullets)

1. (heraldry) A star with straight edges and usually with five or six points.
2. The rowel of a spur.

• estoile

mullet m (plural mullets)

1. mullet (men’s hairstyle that is long in the back and short in the front)