mongrel
Anything of mixed kindAnything of mixed kind.: A dog with a lineage of two or more breeds.
» Cookie is a mongrel.
Meaning
4 sensesAnything of mixed kind.
(derogatory, often)A dog with a lineage of two or more breeds.
That dog is a mongrel; who knows what breed it could be!
Mischling, Mischlingshund, Promenadenmischung
дворня́гаdvornjága, дворня́жкаdvornjážka, мети́сmetís
(derogatory, ethnic, offensive, often, slur)A person of mixed race.
an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang)A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; (often preceded by "poor") a pitiable person.
(Australia, slang)An erect penis; an erection.
Examples
6 sentencesCookie is a mongrel.
This dog is a mongrel.
Laika was a small, stray mongrel picked up from the street.
Get that mongrel out of here!
Run away, you mongrel!
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mongrel, equivalent to mong (“mixture”) + -rel (pejorative diminutive)From Middle English mongrel, equivalent to mong (“mixture”) + -rel (pejorative diminutive); from Old English ġemang (“mingling”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang- (“mix; mixture”).
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