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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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But the competition not only celebrates amazing mullets nationwide.
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Photographer Marco Bahler shared snaps of Anderson on Instagram rocking a choppy mullet with bangs, her long-time blonde swapped out for copper red.
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First came a ‘stache, and then a mullet.
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Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
But the competition not only celebrates amazing mullets nationwide.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025
Photographer Marco Bahler shared snaps of Anderson on Instagram rocking a choppy mullet with bangs, her long-time blonde swapped out for copper red.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
First came a ‘stache, and then a mullet.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mullet
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“Mullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mullet. Accessed 30 Oct. 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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