Phrase Hound found 43 phrases and 19 compound words that contain mutton. The most common are listed below. Open mutton in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 43
- mutton birdAny of various seabirds whose flesh is said to taste like mutton when cooked, especially Puffinus griseus, Puffinus tenuirostris, or a petrel of the genus Pterodroma.
- mutton bustingA form of entertainment, akin to bull riding, where young children compete to hold onto the back of sheep for as long as possible.
- mutton dressed as lambA middle-aged or elderly woman dressed in a style more suited to a young woman, especially if in a deliberate attempt to appear young.
- mutton chopAlternative form of muttonchop: A cut of sheep's meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- mutton flapsA fattening cut of meat in the South Pacific, from the rib area of a sheep.
- mutton birdsplural of mutton bird: Any of various seabirds whose flesh is said to taste like mutton when cooked, especially Puffinus griseus, Puffinus tenuirostris, or a petrel of the genus Pterodroma.
- mutton chopsplural of mutton chop: A cut of sheep's meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- mutton dashSynonym of em dash: The symbol (—) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis); a one-em or long dash.
- mutton fatA large, greasy form of keratic precipitate that is indicative of inflammatory disease.
- mutton snapperLutjanus analis, a snapper native to the Atlantic coastal waters of the Americas from Massachusetts to southern Brazil.
- reestit muttonA kind of salted mutton traditional to the Shetland Islands.
- mutton daggerThe penis.
- mutton-fistedClumsy, lacking in manual skill
- mutton-chop whiskersSynonym of muttonchops (“facial hairstyle”).
- mutton dressed up as lambAlternative form of mutton dressed as lamb: A middle-aged or elderly woman dressed in a style more suited to a young woman, especially if in a deliberate attempt to appear young.
- leg-of-mutton sleeveA sleeve that is extremely wide over the upper arm and narrow from the elbow to the wrist.
- mutton daggersplural of mutton dagger: The penis.
- mutton dashesplural of mutton dash: The symbol (—) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis); a one-em or long dash.
- mutton hamA salt-cured leg of mutton.
- mutton hamsplural of mutton ham: A salt-cured leg of mutton.
- Mutton Jeffdeaf
- mutton quadAn em quad.
- mutton quadsplural of mutton quad: An em quad.
- underground muttonA rabbit, or rabbit meat.
- mutton snappersplural of mutton snapper: Lutjanus analis, a snapper native to the Atlantic coastal waters of the Americas from Massachusetts to southern Brazil.
Compound words 19
- MaconAlternative spelling of Mâcon, a city in France.
- muttonchopA cut of sheep's meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- muttonhoodThe state or period of being an adult sheep.
- muttonfishAny of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton, especially a mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis), an ocean pout (Macrozoarces americanus), or an Irish pompano (Diapterus auratus).
- muttonheadedBeing a muttonhead; stupid or foolish.
- muttonyLike mutton; having a flavour of mutton.
- muttongrassPoa fendleriana, a grass native to western North America.
- muttonheadA stupid or foolish person.
- muttonishSynonym of muttony: Like mutton; having a flavour of mutton.
- muttonwoodAny of a number of plants of the genus Myrsine.