mullet

plural mullets

1. A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes).

   Synonyms: red mullet, mullid, goatfish

   1. sometimesspecificallyThose of the genus Mullus within that family.

      Synonyms: red mullet, mullid, goatfish, red mullet

2. USespeciallyA fish of the family Mugilidae (order Mugiliformes).

   Synonyms: grey mullet, haarder, springer

3. USAny of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family.
   1. USespeciallyThose in the genus Moxostoma.

      Synonyms: redhorse, jumprock

plural mullets

1. A fool.

plural mullets

1. A men's hairstyle where the hair is kept short on the top and sides and long at the back.

   – Mullet head, don't touch the back – Cut the sides, don't touch the back

   1994, Beastie Boys, Mullet Head

   1 more example

   – Maybe it's a curly fro. – Maybe every day is bad hair day! – Maybe it's a mullet!

   2008, Danielle Corsetto, Girls With Slingshots 406

   Synonyms: hockey hair

2. slangA person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader.

plural mullets

1. governmentA star with straight edges and usually with five or six points.

   Grogan, Creation of 1859, or Moyvore, Westmeath. [...] Arms,—Barry of sex or and sable, on a chief engrailed azure a lion passant of the first. Crest,—A lion's head erased sable, charged with a mullet or.

   1871, Debrett's illustrated baronetage and knightage (and companionage) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, page 215

2. A rowel of a spur.

plural Mullets

1. A surname.