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- [muhl-it]
- /ˈmʌl ɪt/
- /ˈmʌl.ɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [muhl-it]
- /ˈmʌl ɪt/
Definitions of mullet word
- noun plural mullet any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body. 1
- noun plural mullet a goatfish. 1
- noun plural mullet a sucker, especially of the genus Moxostoma. 1
- noun mullet a starlike charge having five points unless a greater number is specified, used especially as the cadency mark of a third son. 1
- noun mullet A chiefly marine fish that is widely caught for food. 1
- noun mullet fish 1
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Origin of mullet
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English mulet < Middle French < Latin mullus red mullet; see -et
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Parts of speech for Mullet
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mullet popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mullet usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with mullet
- what is a mullet?
- how to cook mullet?
- how to catch mullet?
- how to cut a mullet?
- what does mullet eat?
- what do mullet eat?
- what is mullet?
- how to grow a mullet?
- what is a mullet haircut?
- how to catch mullet fish?
- what does a mullet look like?
- why do mullet jump out of the water?
- what does mullet mean?
- how to catch jumping mullet?
- how to rig mullet?
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