Mutton vs Goat - What's the difference?
mutton | goat |
The flesh of sheep used as food.
Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
(obsolete) A prostitute.
(Cockney rhyming slang) deaf.
A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus'', and similar species of the genus ''Capra .
(slang) A lecherous man.
* etymology: from the slang term "horny as a goat"
(informal) A scapegoat.
* 2008 , "Tigers already miss Jones", in Royal Oak Daily Tribune (Michigan), Aug 6, 2008
* 1997 , "", Game 7, bottom 11th inning, TV broadcast on NBC Sports, early morning October 27, 1997; words by Bob Costas
Nickname for the Pontiac GTO
To allow goats to feed on.
* 1918 , Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report - Page 51
To scapegoat.
* 2001 , "A worthy Rusch to judgment", in USA Today , July 15, 2001
As nouns the difference between mutton and goat
is that mutton is the flesh of sheep used as food while goat is (uk|politics|informal) a member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by british prime minister (gordon brown).As an adjective mutton
is (cockney rhyming slang) deaf.mutton
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Noun
Quotations
* (English Citations of "mutton")Synonyms
* (meat of a sheep) (l), (l)Hyponyms
* (meat of a sheep) lambDerived terms
* mutton bird * mutton dressed as lambAdjective
(-)Synonyms
* Mutton JeffSee also
*goat
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Noun
(wikipedia goat) (en noun)- Fernando Rodney, the goat in Sunday's 10th inning loss to Tampa Bay, threw three nearly perfect innings in relief on Tuesday after being demoted from the closer role.
- Tony Fernández, who has worn hero's laurels throughout the postseason including earlier in this seventh game of the World Series, now cruel as it may seem, perhaps being fitted for goat horns.
Synonyms
* See alsoHolonyms
* (group of goats) tribe, herdDerived terms
* act the goat * billygoat * get one's goat * goat's breath * goatfish * goatee * goatherd * goatish * goatpox * mountain goat * scapegoatSee also
* chevon * ewe * herd * hircine * kid * ram * tribe *Verb
(en verb)- Rape and clover has yielded 283 sheep days of pasture, practically dry weather For the coming year it is planned to goat this area continuously
- John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save