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noun

mullet

MUHL-it/ˈmʌlɪt/

A hairstyle short at the front and long at the back.

His mullet is short in front and long in back.

A clear side-profile head-and-shoulders portrait showing short hair across the forehead, crown, and sides, with a distinctly long section growing from the back of the head and falling past the nape toward the shoulders.
Etymology
mulletheadProbable sourceEnglisha foolish person

Probably developed from the older insult mullethead. Its popularization as a hairstyle name does not settle the earlier naming history.

In context

LaytonSportsCards366:37
it was never like a crazy mullet it was just like a little longer in the back
Friday Night Group Breaks & Personals w/ LSC!

More examples

  • She asks the barber to trim the back of her mullet.
  • Several players on the team have mullets.
  • He's growing out his mullet so his hair is one length.

Forms

mullet · mullets