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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.

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[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

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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]

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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]

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mug ³

Verb

[mugging, mugged] to attack someone in order to rob them

mugger n
mugging n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mug - the quantity that can be held in a mug mugful containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
	2.	mug - a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of chump, fall guy, gull, patsy, soft touch, sucker, fool, mark dupe, victim - a person who is tricked or swindled
	3.	mug - the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) physiognomy, visage, smiler, kisser, phiz, countenance 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
Verb	1.	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

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mug ¹

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

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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

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mug¹

n mug [mag]

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n ˈmugful

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