MUG (mugged, mugging)

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Irregular inflected forms: mugged    , mugging   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mug mean? 

• MUG (noun)
  The noun MUG has 4 senses:

1. the quantity that can be held in a mug

2. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

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

4. with handle and usually cylindrical

  Familiarity information: MUG used as a noun is uncommon.

• MUG (verb)
  The verb MUG has 1 sense:

1. rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence

  Familiarity information: MUG used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quantity that can be held in a mug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

mug; mugful

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

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

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

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

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

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

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 4

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)

• MUG (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they mug    ... he / she / it mugs   
Past simple: mugged   
Past participle: mugged   
-ing form: mugging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

I was mugged in the streets of New York last night

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)

 Context examples 

After that, when I gave them each a mug of scalding tea, the noises ceased.

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

I had my own old mug with David on it, and my own old little knife and fork that wouldn't cut.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“How much did the other mug get?” the saloon-keeper demanded.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

"Me loves evvybody," she once said, opening her arms, with her spoon in one hand, and her mug in the other, as if eager to embrace and nourish the whole world.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It sticks out all over your mug.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The portions were handed round; those who liked took a draught of the water, the mug being common to all.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

A tray of small glasses and pewter mugs stood beside them.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If I’d known that any letter of mine was goin’ to lie loose in a thing like that I’d have been a mug to write to you at all.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When did ever a gentleman o' fortune show his stern to that much dollars for a boozy old seaman with a blue mug—and him dead too?

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Alleyne bore his share and his ale-mug away with him to a retired trestle in the corner, where he could sup in peace and watch the strange scene, which was so different to those silent and well-ordered meals to which he was accustomed.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)