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plural mullet or mullets
1
: any of a family (Mugilidae) of chiefly marine bony fishes with an elongate rather stout body compare goatfish, red mullet
2
[perhaps short for mullethead blockhead]
: a hairstyle in which the hair is short on the sides and top and long at the back
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Since, the Mexican convenience store has changed its name to Mini Super Buk-II's and changed its logo to a different rodent wearing a red shirt and sporting a mullet.
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Marta Mieze, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
And while a preshow video displayed a parade of hairstyles that have come and gone — oh, the mullet era! — the big white cowboy hat remains.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
Travis has changed his hair look from time to time, keeping things high and tight, going clean shaven, growing a handlebar mustache, and even sporting a mullet.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Arsene Wenger’s early success in north London had been built on the pace and power of Vieira, Emmanuel Petit and Gilberto Silva, but when a scruffy 16-year-old with a dodgy mullet and a baggy shirt arrived from Barcelona, a new era began.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Marta Mieze, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
And while a preshow video displayed a parade of hairstyles that have come and gone — oh, the mullet era! — the big white cowboy hat remains.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
Travis has changed his hair look from time to time, keeping things high and tight, going clean shaven, growing a handlebar mustache, and even sporting a mullet.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Arsene Wenger’s early success in north London had been built on the pace and power of Vieira, Emmanuel Petit and Gilberto Silva, but when a scruffy 16-year-old with a dodgy mullet and a baggy shirt arrived from Barcelona, a new era began.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Mullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mullet. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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mullet
noun
mul·let
ˈməl-ət 
plural mullet or mullets
: any of a family of mostly gray food fishes chiefly of salt water compare red mullet
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