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mutt

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of muttonhead.

Noun

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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, “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, 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.
  3. (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.
  4. (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 The Guardian‎[4], 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.
  5. (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.
  6. (Antarctica, slang) The snowy sheathbill.
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References

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  • (ugly woman): Tony Thorne (2014), “mutt”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London;  […]: Bloomsbury

Etymology 2

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    Noun

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    mutt (plural mutts)

    1. Alternative form of matha.

    Estonian

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈmutʲː/, [ˈmutʲː]

    Etymology 1

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    Unknown.

    Noun

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    mutt (genitive muti, partitive mutti)

    1. mole (animal)
    Declension
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    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

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    From German Mutti (“mom; mommy”).

    Noun

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    mutt (genitive muti, partitive mutti) (colloquial)

    1. old woman
    2. hag
    Declension
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    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

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    Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia et

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

    Noun

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    mutt (genitive muti, partitive mutti)

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

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    From German Mutt.[1]

    Noun

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    mutt (genitive muti, partitive mutti)

    1. (nautical) cringle (grommet on a sail)
    Declension
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    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

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    • 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

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    Etymology 1

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    Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia nn

    From Northern Sami muottá, genitive and accusative singular of muoddá.

    Alternative forms

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

    Noun

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    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

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    Adjective

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

    1. grumpy

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