Muggins

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).
  • n. The act of stealing another player's points because they either mis-pegged or counted up incorrectly. House rules specify whether the mugginser gets the mugginsee's points or whether those points are simply lost.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
  • n. A game at cards which depends upon building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.
  • v. In certain games, to score against, or take an advantage over (an opponent), as for an error, announcing the act by saying “muggins.”
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A children's game of cards played by any number of persons with a full pack divided equally among the players.
  • n. A game of dominoes in which the players count by fives or multiples of five.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person who lacks good judgment
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    simpleton    simple   
    Hyponym
    foolish woman    cuckoo    jackass    goof    ass    zany    fucker    meshuggener    flibbertigibbet    bozo   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning