Library / English Dictionary

MUG

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Irregular inflected forms: mugged    , mugging   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

With handle and usually cylindrical

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mug" is a kind of...):

drinking vessel (a vessel intended for drinking)

Meronyms (parts of "mug"):

grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mug"):

beer mug; stein (a mug intended for serving beer)

coffee mug (a mug intended for serving coffee)

toby; toby fillpot jug; toby jug (a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

countenance; kisser; mug; phiz; physiognomy; smiler; visage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("mug" is a kind of...):

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)

Domain region:

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)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mug"):

pudding-face; pudding face (a large fat human face)

Holonyms ("mug" is a part of...):

human head (the head of a human being)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

Synonyms:

chump; fall guy; fool; gull; mark; mug; patsy; soft touch; sucker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mug" is a kind of...):

dupe; victim (a person who is tricked or swindled)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The quantity that can be held in a mug

Synonyms:

mug; mugful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("mug" is a kind of...):

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence

Example:

I was mugged in the streets of New York last night

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "mug" is one way to...):

hold up; stick up (rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat)

Domain category:

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

muggee (a victim of a mugging)

mugger (a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street))

mugging (assault with intent to rob)

Credits

 Context examples: 

"Who's that mug?" he asked.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

All within was the same, down to the seaweed in the blue mug in my bedroom.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Commands from Miss Ingram's lips would put spirit into a mug of milk and water.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“Just wait till he gets a glimpse iv yer mugs to-morrow, the gang iv ye,” he chuckled.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The woman refilled his mug, at the same time breaking into light laughter.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“Here’s Joe Berks drinkin’ gin out of a mug, and you know what a swine he is when he’s drunk.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"It must be very disagreeable to sleep in a tent, and eat all sorts of bad-tasting things, and drink out of a tin mug," sighed Amy.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It was the completest and most desirable bedroom ever seen—in the stern of the vessel; with a little window, where the rudder used to go through; a little looking-glass, just the right height for me, nailed against the wall, and framed with oyster-shells; a little bed, which there was just room enough to get into; and a nosegay of seaweed in a blue mug on the table.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Soon after five p.m. we had another meal, consisting of a small mug of coffee, and half-a-slice of brown bread.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“Wot’s the good of mykin’ a ’oly show of ourselves for them mugs?” he demanded.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)