mutt
pronunciation
How to pronounce mutt in British English:
UK [mʌt]
How to pronounce mutt in American English:
US [mʌt]
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- Noun:
- an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
Word Origin
- mutt (n.)
- 1901, "stupid or foolish person," probably a shortening of muttonhead (1803) in the same sense; see mutton and compare meathead, etc. Mutt was used by 1898 of a dog, especially a stupid one, and perhaps this is the same word formed independently (muttonhead also was used of stupid animals), or else a separate word of unknown derivation. Wright's "English Dialect Dictionary" (1900) has "Mutton! used in scolding a dog, prob. in allusion to the offence of sheep-worrying." "That dog ain't no mutt," McManus would say as he stood behind the bar opening oysters; "no an he ain't no rube! Say! he's in it all the time when Charley trims the steaks." [Robert W. Chambers, "The Haunts of Men," 1898] Used by 1910 in dog fancier publications to refer to a non-purebred animal.
Example
- 1. This mutt does not want back in the cage .
- 2. And she stole my stupid ugly mutt too .
- 3. That mutt ain 't got a home yet ?
- 4. And you 're upset about a mutt ?
- 5. “ If you like , I can assign you boys more work to keep you from climbing the walls ,” mutt said .