mutt
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʌt/
Audio (US): (file) - (Northern England) IPA(key): /mʊt/
- Rhymes: -ʌt
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Clipping of muttonhead.
Noun
mutt (plural mutts)
- A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
- 1986, Paul Simon, “You Can Call Me Al”, in Graceland:
- Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly / Get these mutts away from me / You know, I don't find this stuff amusing anymore
- (usually derogatory or humorous) A person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry.
- 2013 June 28, David Brooks, “A Nation of Mutts”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 November 2020:
- Soon, we will no longer be an outpost of Europe, but a nation of mutts, a nation with hundreds of fluid ethnicities from around the world, intermarrying and intermingling. Americans of European descent are already a minority among 5-year-olds. […] Immigration reform or not, the nation of mutts is coming.
- (Internet slang, derogatory, by extension) A person from the United States.
- 2019 December 11, anonymous author, 4chan[2], /bant/:
- Kys degenerate cumbrain. Satisfying fetishes that seem mean is one thing, but you should always respect your own people, no matter how "shit" or "retarded" they are. Not that I'd expect a demoralized amerifat to understand. You probably fuck different races or other mutts anyway so the love for your own blood is probably not there.
- (chiefly US, slang, derogatory) An idiot, a stupid person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiot
- 1923, Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links:
- “I knew you weren’t such a mutt as you looked,” she cried.
- 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
- I must say I think Chloe was a bit of a mutt to walk on the bed and then leave a button somewhere about. She might have learned better than that from the pictures surely.
- 1990, Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas[3], spoken by Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci):
- Mother fuckin' mutt! You, you fucking piece of shit!
- 2019 November 20, Luke O'Neil, quoting Robert De Niro, “Robert De Niro v Trump: a complete history of a (mainly one-sided) beef”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[4], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 April 2020:
- “He’s so blatantly stupid. He’s a punk. He’s a dog. He’s a pig. A con. A bullshit artist. A mutt who doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” he said, among many other things, in a video.
- (slang, derogatory) An ugly woman.
- 2007, Lewis Korn, Ice Cold, page 49:
- Too bad the guys' [sic] wife is a total mutt. I guess he wants to achieve a less stressful life; he married ugly.
- (Antarctica, slang) The snowy sheathbill.
Derived terms
Translations
mongrel dog
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person of diverse ancestry
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idiot, stupid person
See also
References
- (ugly woman): Tony Thorne (2014), “mutt”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London; […]: Bloomsbury
Etymology 2
Noun
mutt (plural mutts)
- Alternative form of matha.
Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmutʲː/, [ˈmutʲː]
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Noun
mutt (genitive muti, partitive mutti)
- mole (animal)
Declension
| Declension of mutt (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mutt | mutid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | muti | ||
| genitive | muttide | ||
| partitive | mutti | mutte muttisid | |
| illative | mutti mutisse |
muttidesse mutesse | |
| inessive | mutis | muttides mutes | |
| elative | mutist | muttidest mutest | |
| allative | mutile | muttidele mutele | |
| adessive | mutil | muttidel mutel | |
| ablative | mutilt | muttidelt mutelt | |
| translative | mutiks | muttideks muteks | |
| terminative | mutini | muttideni | |
| essive | mutina | muttidena | |
| abessive | mutita | muttideta | |
| comitative | mutiga | muttidega | |
Etymology 2
From German Mutti (“mom; mommy”).
Noun
mutt (genitive muti, partitive mutti) (colloquial)
Declension
| Declension of mutt (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mutt | mutid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | muti | ||
| genitive | muttide | ||
| partitive | mutti | mutte muttisid | |
| illative | mutti mutisse |
muttidesse mutesse | |
| inessive | mutis | muttides mutes | |
| elative | mutist | muttidest mutest | |
| allative | mutile | muttidele mutele | |
| adessive | mutil | muttidel mutel | |
| ablative | mutilt | muttidelt mutelt | |
| translative | mutiks | muttideks muteks | |
| terminative | mutini | muttideni | |
| essive | mutina | muttidena | |
| abessive | mutita | muttideta | |
| comitative | mutiga | muttidega | |
Etymology 3
From Russian мутник (mutnik), from мути́ть (mutítʹ, “to cloud, muddy”) + -ник (-nik).
Noun
mutt (genitive muti, partitive mutti)
- A traditional fishing net used to catch small fish.
Declension
| Declension of mutt (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mutt | mutid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | muti | ||
| genitive | muttide | ||
| partitive | mutti | mutte muttisid | |
| illative | mutti mutisse |
muttidesse mutesse | |
| inessive | mutis | muttides mutes | |
| elative | mutist | muttidest mutest | |
| allative | mutile | muttidele mutele | |
| adessive | mutil | muttidel mutel | |
| ablative | mutilt | muttidelt mutelt | |
| translative | mutiks | muttideks muteks | |
| terminative | mutini | muttideni | |
| essive | mutina | muttidena | |
| abessive | mutita | muttideta | |
| comitative | mutiga | muttidega | |
Etymology 4
Noun
mutt (genitive muti, partitive mutti)
Declension
| Declension of mutt (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mutt | mutid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | muti | ||
| genitive | muttide | ||
| partitive | mutti | mutte muttisid | |
| illative | mutti mutisse |
muttidesse mutesse | |
| inessive | mutis | muttides mutes | |
| elative | mutist | muttidest mutest | |
| allative | mutile | muttidele mutele | |
| adessive | mutil | muttidel mutel | |
| ablative | mutilt | muttidelt mutelt | |
| translative | mutiks | muttideks muteks | |
| terminative | mutini | muttideni | |
| essive | mutina | muttidena | |
| abessive | mutita | muttideta | |
| comitative | mutiga | muttidega | |
References
- mutt in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “mutt”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Northern Sami muottá, genitive and accusative singular of muoddá.
Alternative forms
- mudd (alternative form based on the nominative form of the Samic origin)
Noun
mutt m (definite singular mutten, indefinite plural muttar, definite plural muttane)
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Etymology 2
Adjective
mutt (indefinite singular mutt, definite singular and plural mutte, comparative muttare, indefinite superlative muttast, definite superlative muttaste)
References
- “mutt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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