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mutt

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Animals, Pets
mutt /mʌt/ noun [countable] informal  HBADHPa dog that does not belong to any particular breed 杂种狗 SYN mongrel
Examples from the Corpus
muttThese drooling mutts get into all sorts of trouble during their free time on the streets.More exciting and exotic is a dash across the tundra bundled on a dogsled between a musher and his muscular mutts.He was Josh, the stray mutt.Do you seriously believe the mutt tastes what it gulps down?Anybody else would have put the mutt to sleep.It was the usual mutt, old Fairman's, starting it all off.
Origin mutt (1800-1900) muttonhead stupid person ((19-21 centuries))
mutt nounChinese
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mutt
mutt /mʌt/ noun [countable] informal
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: muttonhead 'stupid person' (19-21 centuries)
a dog that does not belong to any particular breed
   SYN  mongrel


muttBrE /mʌt/ 🔊NAmE /mʌt/ 🔊 noun (informal, especially NAmE) a dog, especially one that is not of a particular breed 狗;杂种狗 SYN mongrel