mug
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Early 16th century (originally Scots and northern English, denoting "earthenware, pot, jug"), of unknown origin, perhaps from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (compare Swedish mugg (“mug, jug”), Norwegian mugge (“pitcher, open can for warm drinks”), Danish mugge), or Low German mokke, mukke (“mug”), Dutch mok, also of unknown origin. "Face" sense possibly from grotesque faces on certain drinking vessels. "Assault" sense of verb possibly from hitting someone in the face.
Adjective
mug (comparative mugger, superlative muggest)
- (archaic) Easily fooled, gullible.
- 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
- "Great heavens! Is it?" Drummond helped himself to marmalade. "And to think that I once pictured myself skewering Huns with it. Do you think anybody would be mug enough to buy it, James?"
- 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
Noun
mug (plural mugs)
- A large cup for hot liquids, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.
- (slang) The face, often used deprecatingly.
- What an ugly mug.
- (slang, vulgar) A gullible or easily-cheated person.
- He's a gullible mug – he believed her again.
- (UK, Australia, derogatory, slang) A stupid or contemptible person.
Synonyms
- (face): mush, dial, phiz
- (gullible person): See Thesaurus:dupe
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(face):
(gullible person):
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Verb
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- (transitive, obsolete, UK) To strike in the face.
- 1821, The Fancy, i. p.261:
- Madgbury showed game, drove Abbot in a corner, but got well Mugg'd.
- 1857, "The Leary Man", in Anglicus Ducange, The Vulgar Tongue
- And if you come to fibbery, You must Mug one or two,
- 1866, London Miscellany, 5 May, p.102:
- "Suppose they had Mugged you?" / "Done what to me?" / "Mugged you. Slogged you, you know."
- 1821, The Fancy, i. p.261:
- (transitive) To assault for the purpose of robbery.
- (intransitive) To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose, as for photographs or in a performance, in an exaggerated or affected manner.
- The children weren't interested in sitting still for a serious photo; they mugged for the camera.
- (transitive) To photograph for identification; to take a mug shot.[1]
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- The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
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- (UK, Australia, slang) To learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram.
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References
- ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “mug”, in The Compact Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, volumes I (A–O), Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1991, →ISBN, page 1129/64.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mug”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “mug”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Etymology 2
Informal variant of motherfucker.
Noun
mug (plural mugs)
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) Motherfucker (usually in similes, e.g. "like a mug" or "as a mug")
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch mug, from Middle Dutch mugge.
Pronunciation
Noun
mug (plural mugge, diminutive muggie)
- (chiefly diminutive) mosquito (insect, elongated fly)
Descendants
- → English: muggie
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *smuga, cognate to Old English smoca (“smoke”), Old Irish múch (“smoke”), Armenian մուխ (mux).[1]
Noun
mug m (plural mugje, definite mugu, definite plural mugjet)
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References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mug”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 277
Danish
Noun
mug c or n (uncountable, singular indefinite mug, singular definite muggen or mugget)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch mugge, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mugjō (“midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-. Compare Low German mügge, German Mücke, West Frisian mich, English midge, Danish myg. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
mug f (plural muggen, diminutive mugje n or muggetje n)
- A mosquito, a gnat, any fly of the suborder Nematocera except sometimes the larger tropical species (which are commonly called muskiet).
- (figuratively) A bug, an insignificant individual.
- Van een mug een olifant maken
- To make a mountain out of a molehill (lit.: to make an elephant out of a mosquito)
Derived terms
- dansmug
- langpootmug
- malariamug
- muggenbeet
- muggengaas
- muggenolie
- muggenziften
- sneeuwmug
- steekmug
- tijgermug
- van een mug een olifant maken
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mug m (plural mugs)
- A large cup, generally used to serve cold drinks, a mug.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
mug m
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Descendants
- Irish: mogh
Volapük
Pronunciation
Noun
mug (nominative plural mugs)
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