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Mug

Mug Meaning & Definition
Mug Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mug?

[n] with handle and usually cylindrical
[n] the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face'; `phiz' is British)
[n] a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
[n] the quantity that can be held in a mug
[v] rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence; "I was mugged in the streets of New York last night"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mug: chump | countenance | fall guy | fool | gull | kisser | mark | mugful | patsy | phiz | physiognomy | schlemiel | shlemiel | smiler | soft touch | sucker | visage

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mug: aerial photograph | ambush | assail | assault | attack | babe | barbarize | batter | bazoo | beaker | black-and-white photograph | blackjack | blitz | blockhead | boob | bowl | bruiser | brutalize | bullyboy | burn | bushwhack | butcher | butt | byword | byword of reproach | calotype | candid photograph | capture on film | carry on | chalice | chaps | cheesecake | chops | chronophotograph | chump | cinch | coffee cup | color photograph | color print | come at | come down on | commit robbery | countenance | crack down on | credulous person | cull | declaim | derision | descend on | descend upon | destroy | dial | diapositive | dimwit | dolt | dope | dumbbell | dupe | easy mark | easy pickings | eggcup | embouchure | face | facies | fair game | fall guy | fall on | fall upon | favor | features | figure of fun | film | fish | fool | gab | game | gang up on | gazingstock | glass | go at | go for | go on | goat | gob | gobe-mouches | goblet | goon | gorilla | greener | greenhorn | greeny | grimace | gudgeon | gull | gun | gunsel | ham | ham it up | hammer | harry | hatchet man | have at | heist | heliochrome | heliograph | hellion | highball glass | hijack | hit | hit like lightning | hold up | holy terror | hood | hoodlum | hooligan | horn | idiot | ignoramus | innocent | jaw | jaws | jest | jestingstock | jigger | joke | jowls | jump | kisser | knock over | land on | laughingstock | lay at | lay hands on | lay into | lay waste | leadpipe cinch | light into | lineaments | lips | loot | loving cup | make a face | make a mouth | mandibles | map | mark | maul | maw | maxilla | microfilm | mockery | monkey | montage | mop | mop and mow | moue | mouth | mouthing | mow | mucker | mug shot | mugger | muscle man | mush | muzzle | noggin | numskull | oral cavity | out-herod Herod | overact | overdramatize | pan | patsy | phiz | photo | photobiography | photochronograph | photograph | photomap | photomicrograph | photomontage | photomural | Photostat | physiognomy | picture | pigeon | pillage | pinup | pitch into | plaything | plug-ugly | pony | portrait | pounce upon | pound | pout | premaxilla | prize sap | pull a face | punk | pushover | puss | radiograph | rage | ramp | rampage | rant | rape | rave | riot | rip off | roar | rob | rodman | roentgenograph | rough | roughneck | rowdy | ruffian | ruin | sack | sail into | sap | saphead | savage | schlemiel | schooner | schooper | set on | set upon | shell | shoot | shot | shot glass | sitting duck | slaughter | slide | snap | snapshoot | snapshot | sow chaos | spout | stein | stick up | still | still photograph | stock | stooge | storm | strike | strong-arm man | sucker | surprise | swoop down on | take a photograph | take the offensive | talbotype | tankard | target | tassie | teacup | tear | tear around | Telephoto | telephotograph | terror | terrorize | throw away | thug | torpedo | tough | toy | transparency | trap | trigger man | trusting soul | tumbler | ugly customer | underact | vandalize | victim | violate | visage | wade into | wineglass | Wirephoto | wreck | Xerox | X-ray | yap

See Also | beer mug | coffee mug | containerful | drinking vessel | dupe | face | grip | handgrip | handle | hold | hold up | human face | human head | puddingface | stein | stick up | toby | toby fillpot jug | toby jug | victim

Mug In Webster's Dictionary

\Mug\, n. [Cf. Ir. mugam a mug, mucog a cup.] 1. A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip. 2. The face or mouth. [Slang] --Thackeray.

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