Muttnik

Quick meaning: Muttnik is a noun meaning (slang, humorous) A dog that is launched into space.

Meaning

(slang, humorous) A dog that is launched into space.

Example Sentences

Sputniks and muttniks, flying through the air.

If they can get a muttnik up, I don't see why we can't put up a burro-nik.

The advent of sputniks and muttniks has aroused apprehension as to whether we are training the best brains we have in sufficient numbers to keep up with developments in other countries.

But a quieter celebration of Laika and her colleagues can be found here at the Museum of Jurassic Technology, where glowing oil portraits of five of the most lauded muttniks (as they were nicknamed by the American press) have been displayed for close to two years.

Word Forms

• muttniks

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mutt, nugget, titman, wingnut, pudknocker, fartknocker.

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