mean-mug

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

  1. (African-American Vernacular, transitive) To shoot a dirty look at (someone); to express hostility or menace towards (someone) through a dirty look.
    • 1996, E-40, Practice Lookin' Hard:
      sometimes I catch myself too
      Mean-muggin' folks that
      Did no harm to me or my crew
    • 2012, Vanessa Miller, Latter Rain:
      With a resolve to get his son away from these monsters, Isaac knuckled up and mean-mugged his opponent.