Meanings
mutt1
plural mutts
- derogatoryhumoroususuallyA person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry.
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Soon, we will no longer be an outpost of Europe, but a nation of mutts, a nation with hundreds of fluid ethnicities from around the world, intermarrying and intermingling. Americans of European descent are already a minority among 5-year-olds. […] Immigration reform or not, the nation of mutts is coming.
2013 June 28, David Brooks, “A Nation of Mutts”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020 - InternetbroadlyderogatoryA person from the United States.
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Kys degenerate cumbrain. Satisfying fetishes that seem mean is one thing, but you should always respect your own people, no matter how "shit" or "retarded" they are. Not that I'd expect a demoralized amerifat to understand. You probably fuck different races or other mutts anyway so the love for your own blood is probably not there.
2019 December 11, anonymous author, 4chan, /bant/ - USderogatoryslangAn idiot, a stupid person.
Mother fuckin' mutt! You, you fucking piece of shit!
1990, Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas, spoken by Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci)3 more examples
“I knew you weren’t such a mutt as you looked,” she cried.
1923, Agatha Christie, The Murder on the LinksI must say I think Chloe was a bit of a mutt to walk on the bed and then leave a button somewhere about. She might have learned better than that from the pictures surely.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries“He’s so blatantly stupid. He’s a punk. He’s a dog. He’s a pig. A con. A bullshit artist. A mutt who doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” he said, among many other things, in a video.
2019 November 20, Luke O'Neil, quoting Robert De Niro, “Robert De Niro v Trump: a complete history of a (mainly one-sided) beef”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2020Synonyms: addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead
- slangAntarcticaThe snowy sheathbill.
mutt2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
nounAn idiot, a stupid person.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Clipping of muttonhead.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian помияр, глупак
- помияр (pomijar)mongrel dog
- глупак (glupak)idiot, stupid person
Chinese Mandarin 雜種 /杂种
- 雜種 /杂种 (zázhǒng)idiot, stupid person
Czech vořech, kříženec
- vořechmongrel dog
- kříženecmongrel dog
- voříšekmongrel dog
- hlupákidiot, stupid person
Dutch bastaard, mormel
- bastaardmongrel dog
- mormelmongrel dog
- vuilnisbakmongrel dog
- halve gareidiot, stupid person
- idiootidiot, stupid person
- domkopidiot, stupid person
Finnish rakki, piski
- rakkimongrel dog
- piskimongrel dog
- sekasikiöperson of diverse ancestry
- tolvanaidiot, stupid person
French bâtard, corniaud
- bâtardmongrel dog
- corniaudmongrel dog
- cabotmongrel dog
- crétinidiot, stupid person
- imbécileidiot, stupid person
- conidiot, stupid person
- corniaudidiot, stupid person
German Promenadenmischung, Köter
- Promenadenmischungmongrel dog
- Kötermongrel dog
Italian bastardino
- bastardinomongrel dog
Japanese 雑種, 駄犬
- 雑種 (zasshu)mongrel dog
- 駄犬 (daken)mongrel dog
- 雑犬 (zakken)mongrel dog
Korean 똥개
- 똥개 (ttonggae)mongrel dog
Malay anjing campuran
- anjing campuranmongrel dog
Norwegian kjøter
- kjøtermongrel dog
Norwegian Bokmål tulling
- tullingidiot, stupid person
Polish kundel, mieszaniec
- kundelmongrel dog
- mieszaniecmongrel dog
Portuguese vira-lata
- vira-latamongrel dog
Romanian corcitură
- corciturămongrel dog
Russian дворня́жка, дворня́га
- дворня́жка (dvornjážka)mongrel dog
- дворня́га (dvornjága)mongrel dog
- полукро́вка (polukróvka)person of diverse ancestry
- болва́н (bolván)idiot, stupid person
Spanish chucho, quiltro
- chuchomongrel dog
- quiltromongrel dog
- electricistamongrel dog
- malixmongrel dog
Swedish byracka, gatukorsning
- byrackamongrel dog
- gatukorsningmongrel dog
- blandrashundmongrel dog
Ukrainian дворняга
- дворняга (dvornjaha)mongrel dog
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mutt
Cite this entry
mutt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutt
“mutt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutt. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mutt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutt.
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