MUG (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)
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)
Meaning:
A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
soft touch; gull; sucker; fall guy; chump; patsy; mug; fool; mark
Hypernyms ("mug" is a kind of...):
dupe; victim (a person who is tricked or swindled)
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:
visage; physiognomy; phiz; kisser; smiler; mug; countenance
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; GB; 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)
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)
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)
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; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
