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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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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.
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
My hair, previously a sort of pixie cut mullet with a middle part, has somehow leapt across my scalp in the night and settled into a side fringe.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2025
Things like that, or putting extensions in to give someone a really long mullet is really fun.
—Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Chloe’s spring 2025 collection might have featured tiered mullet dresses that flowed down the runway like wearable clouds from a pink sunrise, but not all designers played with pastels for flowy creations.
—Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
My hair, previously a sort of pixie cut mullet with a middle part, has somehow leapt across my scalp in the night and settled into a side fringe.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2025
Things like that, or putting extensions in to give someone a really long mullet is really fun.
—Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Chloe’s spring 2025 collection might have featured tiered mullet dresses that flowed down the runway like wearable clouds from a pink sunrise, but not all designers played with pastels for flowy creations.
—Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Mullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mullet. Accessed 14 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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