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Mug

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Noun

1. mug, mugful

the quantity that can be held in a mug

2. chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker

a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

3. countenance, kisser, mug, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage

the human face (kisser' and smiler' and mug' are informal terms for face' and phiz' is British)

4. mug

with handle and usually cylindrical

Verb

5. mug

rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence

Example Sentences:
'I was mugged in the streets of New York last night'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mug

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noun
1. 
a drinking vessel with a handle, usually cylindrical and made of earthenware
2. Also called: mugful
the quantity held by a mug or its contents
noun
1. slang
a person's face or mouth
get your ugly mug out of here!
2. slang
a grimace
3. British slang
a gullible person, esp one who is swindled easily
4.  a mug's game
verbWord forms: mugs, mugging or mugged
5. (transitive) informal
to attack or rob (someone) violently
6. (intransitive) British slang
to pull faces or overact, esp in front of a camera

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Mug

see synonyms of mug
noun
1. 
a heavy drinking cup of earthenware or metal, having a handle and formerly often ornamented with a human face
2. 
as much as a mug will hold
3.  Slang
a. 
the face
b. 
the mouth
c. 
a grimace
d. 
a rough, ugly person; ruffian, thug, etc.
e.  US
mug shot
verb transitiveWord forms: mugged or ˈmugging
4. 
to assault usually with intent to rob
5.  US, Slang
to photograph; esp., to photograph (a person under arrest) for police records
verb intransitive
6. 
to assault a person, usually with intent to rob
7.  Slang
a. 
to make a grimace
b.  Theatre
to overact by exaggerated facial expressions
verb intransitiveWord forms: mugged or ˈmugging
British, Slang
to study hard and hurriedly, as in preparation for an examination; cram
used with up

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Mug

see synonyms of mug
n.
1. A heavy cylindrical drinking cup usually having a handle.
2. The amount that such a cup can hold.
n.
1. Informal
a. The human face.
b. The area of the human mouth, chin, and jaw.
c. A grimace.
d. A mug shot.
2. A thug; a hoodlum.
3. Chiefly British Slang A victim or dupe.
v. mugged, mug·ging, mugs
v.tr.
1. Informal To photograph (a person's face) for police files.
2. To threaten or assault (a person) with the intent to rob: arrested the thief who mugged the tourists.
v.intr.
To make exaggerated facial expressions, especially for humorous effect: The partygoers mugged for the camera.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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