Mongrel

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mongrel \Mon"grel\, n. [Prob. shortened fr. mongrel, and akin to
     AS. mengan to mix, and E. mingle. See {Mingle}.]
     The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of
     domestic animals; anything of mixed breed. --Drayton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mongrel \Mon"grel\, a.
     1. (Zool.) Not of a pure breed.
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     2. Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mongrel
       n 1: derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine;
            something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin;
            "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting
            Gothic but not true Gothic" [syn: {bastard}]
       2: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: {cur}, {mutt}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "mongrel":
     Cape Colored, Eurasian, animal, bastard, beast, cattalo, citrange,
     cross, crossbred, crossbreed, crossed, cur, dog, griffe,
     half blood, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, high yellow, hinny,
     hound, hybrid, hyena, insect, interbred, ladino, liger, lurcher,
     mestee, mestiza, mestizo, metis, metisse, mixblood, mixed-blood,
     mulatto, mule, mustee, mutt, octoroon, pariah dog, pig, plumcot,
     polecat, quadroon, quintroon, reptile, sambo, serpent, skunk,
     snake, swine, tangelo, tigon, varmint, vermin, viper, whelp, worm,
     zebrass, zebrule