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mug
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mug 1  (mg)
n.
1. A heavy cylindrical drinking cup usually having a handle.
2. The amount that such a cup can hold.

[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

mug 1
Noun
1. a large drinking cup with a handle
2. the quantity held by a mug or its contents: a mug of coffee [probably Scandinavian]

mug 2
Noun
1. Slang a person's face or mouth: keep your ugly mug out of this
2. Slang a gullible person, esp. one who is swindled easily
3. a mug's game a worthless activity [perhaps same as mug1]

mug 3
Verb
[mugging, mugged] to attack someone in order to rob them
mugger n
mugging n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mugmug - the quantity that can be held in a mug
containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
2.mugmug - a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
dupe, victim - a person who is tricked or swindled
3.mugmug - the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
human head - the head of a human being
face, human face - the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"
pudding face, pudding-face - a large fat human face
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
4.mug - with handle and usually cylindrical
beer mug, stein - a mug intended for serving beer
coffee mug - a mug intended for serving coffee
drinking vessel - a vessel intended for drinking
handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"
toby, toby fillpot jug, toby jug - a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
Verb1.mug - rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence; "I was mugged in the streets of New York last night"
crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
stick up, hold up - rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat

mug 1
noun cup, pot, jug, beaker, tankard, stein, flagon, toby jug

mug 2
noun 1. (Slang) face, features, countenance, visage, clock Brit. (slang) kisser (slang) dial (slang) mush Brit. (slang) puss (slang) phiz or phizog Brit. (slang)
noun 2. Brit. fool, innocent, sucker (slang) charlie Brit. (informal) gull (archaic) chump (informal) simpleton, putz U.S. (slang) weenie U.S. (informal) muggins Brit. (slang) easy or soft touch (slang) dorba or dorb Austral. (slang) bogan Austral. (slang)
verb 3. (Informal) attack, assault, beat up, rob, steam (informal) hold up, do over Brit., Austral., N.Z. (slang) work over (slang) assail, lay into (informal) put the boot in (slang) duff up Brit. (slang) set about or upon, beat or knock seven bells out of (informal)
mug up (on) something study, cram (informal) bone up on (informal) swot up on Brit. (informal) get up (informal)
Translations

mug [mʌg] n (= cup) → taza alta;
(for beer) → jarra;
(col) (= face); jeta: (= fool); bobo
vt (= assault) → atracar;
it's a mug's game → es cosa de bobos
mug up vt (col) (also: mug up on) → empollar
mug [mʌg] n (= cup) → tasse f (sans soucoupe): (for beer) → chope f;
(inf) (= face); bouille f: (= fool); poire f
vt (= assault) → agresser;
it's a mug's game (Brit) → c'est bon pour les imbéciles
mug up vt (Brit) (inf) (also: mug up on) → bosser, bûcher
mug [mʌg] n (cup) → Becher m;
(for beer) → Krug m;
(inf) (face) → Visage f;
(000) (fool) → Trottel m
vt(auf der Straße) überfallen;
it's a mug's game (Brit) → das ist doch Schwachsinn
mug up mug (Brit) (inf) vt (also: mug up on) → pauken
mug [mʌg] n (cup) → tazzone m;
(for beer) → boccale m;
(col) (= face); muso: (= fool); scemo/a
vt (= assault) → assalire;
it's a mug's game (BRIT) → è proprio (una cosa) da fessi
mug up vt (BRIT ) (col) (also: mug up on) → studiare bene

mug1
n mug [mag]
a type of cup with usually tall, more or less vertical sides a mug of coffee. beker قَدَح كَبير чаша konvička krus der Becher κούπα tazón kruus ليوان muki chope סֶפֶל प्याला pehar, vrč bögre cangkir besar kanna, krús tazza ジョッキ型カップ 머그(컵) puodukas krūze, krūka kole beker krus kubek caneca cană; halbă кружка (vysoký) hrnček vrček šolja mugg ชนิดของแก้่วที่โดยปกติแล้วมีรูปร่ีางรูงและ... kulplu fincan 大杯 кухоль; кубок دستے دار پیالہ ca
n ˈmugful
two mugfuls of coffee. bekers vol مِلء القَدَح пълна чаша konvička krus ein Bechervoll (γεμάτη) κούπα tazón kruusitäis قوری mukillinen chope מְלוֹא הַסֶפֶל प्याला भर pun vrč, mjera vrč bögre secangkir krúsarfylli tazza ジョッキ型カップ1杯の puodukas krūzes tilpums kole penuh beker fullt krus kubek caneca cheia cană полная кружка (plný) hrnček vrček puna šolja mugg เหยือก fincan dolusu 大杯 повний кухоль پیالہ بھر đầy ca


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