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mug
[muhg] 
noun, verb, mugged, mug⋅ging.–noun
| 1. | a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware. |
| 2. | the quantity it holds. |
| 3. | Slang.
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| 4. | British Slang. a gullible person; dupe; fool. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to assault or menace, esp. with the intention of robbery. |
| 6. | Slang. to photograph (a person), esp. in compliance with an official or legal requirement. |
–verb (used without object)
| 7. | Slang. to grimace; exaggerate a facial expression, as in acting. |
Origin:
1560–70; prob. < Scand; cf. Sw mugg, Norw, Dan mugge drinking cup; sense “face” appar. transferred from cups adorned with grotesque faces; sense “to assault” from earlier pugilistic slang “to strike in the face, fight”
1560–70; prob. < Scand; cf. Sw mugg, Norw, Dan mugge drinking cup; sense “face” appar. transferred from cups adorned with grotesque faces; sense “to assault” from earlier pugilistic slang “to strike in the face, fight”
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| mug 1 (mŭg) n.
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.] |
| mug 2 (mŭg) n.
v. tr.
To make exaggerated facial expressions, especially for humorous effect: The partygoers mugged for the camera. [Probably from mug1 (possibly in allusion to mugs decorated with grotesque faces).] |
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Mug
Mug\, n. [Cf. Ir. mugam a mug, mucog a cup.]1. A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip. 2. The face or mouth. [Slang] --Thackeray.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : mug
Spanish:
tazón,
German:
der Becher,
Japanese:
ジョッキ型カップ
mug (n.1)
"drinking vessel," 1570, "bowl, pot, jug," perhaps from Scand. (cf. Swed. mugg "mug, jug," Norw. mugge "pitcher, open can for warm drinks"), or Low Ger. mokke, mukke "mug."
mug (n.2)
"a person's face," 1708, possibly from mug (n.1), on notion of drinking mugs shaped like grotesque faces. Sense of "portrait or photograph in police records (e.g. mug shot, 1950) had emerged by 1887. Verb sense of "make exaggerated facial expressions" is from 1855, originally theatrical slang.
mug (v.)
"to beat up," 1818, originally "to strike the face" (in pugilism), from mug (n.2). The general meaning "attack" is first attested 1846, and "attack to rob" is from 1864 (mugger in this sense is from 1865). Perhaps influenced by thieves' slang mug "dupe, fool, sucker" (1851).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: mug
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: mugged; mug·ging
: to assault (an individual) usually with intent to rob
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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