mutt

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Clipping of muttonhead.

Noun[edit]

mutt (plural mutts)

  1. A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
    Synonym: (US, humorous, informal) Heinz 57
    Coordinate term: moggy
    • 1986, Paul Simon (lyrics and music), “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
  2. (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], →ISSN:
      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.
  3. (chiefly US, slang, derogatory) An idiot, a stupid person.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiot
    • 1990, Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas[2], 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 The Guardian[3]:
      “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.
  4. (Internet slang, derogatory) A person from the United States, in reference to sense 2.
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

mutt (plural mutts)

  1. Alternative form of matha

Estonian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmutʲː/, [ˈmutʲː]

Etymology 1[edit]

Unknown.

Noun[edit]

mutt (genitive muti, partitive mutti)

  1. mole (animal)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]

From German Mutti (mom; mommy).

Noun[edit]

mutt (genitive muti, partitive mutti) (colloquial)

  1. old woman
  2. hag
Declension[edit]
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[edit]

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From Russian мутник (mutnik), from мути́ть (mutítʹ, to cloud, muddy) + -ник (-nik).

Noun[edit]

mutt (genitive muti, partitive mutti)

  1. A traditional fishing net used to catch small fish.
Declension[edit]
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[edit]

From German Mutt.[1]

Noun[edit]

mutt (genitive muti, partitive mutti)

  1. (nautical) cringle (grommet on a sail)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]

  • 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
  1. ^ mutt”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Northern Sami muottá, genitive and accusative singular of muoddá.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • mudd (alternative form based on the nominative form of the Samic origin)

Noun[edit]

mutt m (definite singular mutten, indefinite plural muttar, definite plural muttane)

  1. (clothing) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

mutt (indefinite singular mutt, definite singular and plural mutte, comparative muttare, indefinite superlative muttast, definite superlative muttaste)

  1. grumpy

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