Mug

Quick meaning: Mug is a noun meaning A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.

Meaning

A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.

More Meanings

1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, derogatory, slang) A stupid or contemptible person.
2. (transitive, obsolete, UK, Ireland) To strike in the face.
3. (transitive) To assault for the purpose of robbery.
4. (slang, often derogatory) The face.
5. (slang, derogatory) A gullible or easily cheated person.
6. (slang) A criminal.
7. (slang) A mug shot.

Example Sentences

He's a gullible mug – he believed her again.

Madgbury showed game, drove Abbot in a corner, but got well Mugg'd.

"Suppose they had Mugged you?" / "Done what to me?" / "Mugged you. Slogged you, you know."

1857, "The Leary Man", in Anglicus Ducange, The Vulgar Tongue And if you come to fibbery, You must Mug one or two,

Word Forms

• mugs
• mugging
• mugged
• mugger
• muggest

Synonyms for mug

Depending on context, synonyms include mush, dial, phiz, chump, chumpion, cousin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chump, fool, schlemiel, smiler, visage, countenance.

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