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   Mug

   /məɡ/

   

   noun

   • 1. a large cup, typically cylindrical with a handle and used without a saucer: "she picked up her coffee mug" Similar cuptankardglasssteinflagonpotpint pottoby jugbeakerdated:seidelarchaic:stoup
   • ▪ the contents of a mug: "a large mug of tea vanished in a single gulp"
   • 2. a person's face: informal "I don't want to see Barry's ugly mug when I get home" Similar facefeaturescountenancephysiognomyinformal:clockmushphizphizogdialrhyming slang:boat raceinformal:couponbakepusspanliterary:visagearchaic:front
   • 3. a stupid or gullible person: informal British "they were no mugs where finance was concerned" Similar foolsimpletoninnocentdupegullinformal:suckersoft/easy touchpushoverchumpnoddledummydopedimwitdumbonerdknuckleheadlamebrainpeabrainpudding-headthickheadwooden-headpinheadairheadbirdbrainmugginsjugginscharliepatsysapschlemielpigeonmarkdumbheaddumbassdillvulgar slang:asshat
   • 4. a violent criminal or troublemaker. informal, dated US

   verb

   • 1. attack and rob (someone) in a public place: "he was mugged by three men who stole his bike"
   • 2. make faces, especially silly or exaggerated ones, before an audience or a camera: informal "he mugged for the camera"

   Word Origin early 16th century (originally Scots and northern English, denoting an earthenware bowl): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian mugge, Swedish mugg ‘pitcher with a handle’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mugful noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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