mug

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.2.4 See also 1.2.5 Descendants 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 4 Old Irish 4.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: mŭg, IPA: /mʌɡ/, SAMPA: /mVg/
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• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

[edit] Noun

mug (plural mugs)

1. A large cup for hot liquids, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.
2. (slang) The face, often used deprecatingly.

   What an ugly mug.

3. (slang) A gullible or easily-cheated person.

   He’s a gullible mug - he believed her again.

[edit] Synonyms

• (face) mush
• See also Wikisaurus:dupe

[edit] Derived terms

• mug book
• mug shot
• mug’s game

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[edit] See also

• cup
• pannikin

[edit] Descendants

• Finnish: muki
• Swedish: mugg

[edit] Verb

to mug (third-person singular simple present mugs, present participle mugging, simple past and past participle mugged)

1. (transitive) To assault for the purpose of robbery.
2. (intransitive) To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose for photographs in an exaggerated or affected manner.

[edit] Derived terms

• mug up

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: gmu
• gum, GUM

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Noun

mug c. n. (uncountable, singular indefinite mug, singular definite muggen or mugget)

1. mold

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

mug (plural muggen, diminutive mugje, diminutive plural mugjes) f.

1. mosquito, except the larger tropical species, which are called muskiet
2. (figuratively) bug, insignificant individual

[edit] Derived terms

• muggebeet
• muggengaas
• muggenolie
• muggeziften
• (species) malariamug, steekmug

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[edit] Old Irish

[edit] Noun

mug

1. serf