Mug

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A heavy cylindrical drinking cup usually having a handle.
  • n. The amount that such a cup can hold.
  • n. Informal The human face.
  • n. Informal The area of the human mouth, chin, and jaw.
  • n. Informal A grimace.
  • n. Informal A mug shot.
  • n. A thug; a hoodlum.
  • n. Chiefly British Slang A victim or dupe.
  • v. Informal To photograph (a person's face) for police files.
  • v. To threaten or assault (a person) with the intent to rob: arrested the thief who mugged the tourists.
  • verb-intransitive. To make exaggerated facial expressions, especially for humorous effect: The partygoers mugged for the camera.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Easily fooled, gullible.
  • n. A large cup for hot liquids, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.
  • n. The face, often used deprecatingly.
  • n. A gullible, ignorant or easily-cheated person.
  • v. To assault for the purpose of robbery.
  • v. To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose for photographs in an exaggerated or affected manner.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A kind of ceramic or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip.
  • n. The face or mouth; ; -- often used contemptuously.
  • v. To take property from (a person) in a public place by threatening or committing violence on the person who is robbed; to rob, especially to rob by use of a weapon such as a knife or gun.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A. fog; a mist.
  • n. A small cylindrical drinking-vessel, commonly with a handle; a small jug.
  • n. The contents of a mug; as much as a mug will hold: as, a mug of milk and water.
  • n. The mouth or face.
  • n. A. grimace.
  • To distort the face; make grimaces.
  • To cram for an examination.
  • n. Same as green gram (which see, under gram).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
  • n. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
  • n. with handle and usually cylindrical
  • n. the quantity that can be held in a mug
  • v. rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence
  • Verb Form
    mugged    mugging    mugs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    victim    dupe    containerful    stick up    holdup   
    Cross Reference
    to mug up   
    Variant
    mugging    mugged   
    Form
    mug up   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rob    stick up    cup    bellarmine    tankard    toby    mush    dupe   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bug    Doug    Lug    Zug    antidrug    bug    chug    debug    drug    dug   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    jug    cup    goblet    bottle    spoon    jar    beaker    flask    tumbler    saucer