[
US
/ˈməɡ/
]
[ UK /mˈʌɡ/ ]
[ UK /mˈʌɡ/ ]
NOUN
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- the quantity that can be held in a mug
- with handle and usually cylindrical
- the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
VERB
-
rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence
I was mugged in the streets of New York last night
How To Use mug In A Sentence
- In 2005, the Mugabe government launched what it called a slum clearance scheme, that bulldozed major shantytowns, brutally displacing hundreds of thousands of people. CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2007
- Annoyingly, the Critical Care was at the bottom of this mug, requiring a little bit of inginuity from Irwin here - namely ramming his paw in and jiggling about a bit. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
- Some smugglers even use wedding cars and funeral hearses as cover.
- He could spot hypocrisy, pomposity, smugness, snobbery, tomfoolery and turpitude from miles away.
- The helicopter then touches down so that the same man, known as a mugger, can dash in and use a syringe to administer a mild sedative to the animal. Craigdailypress.com stories
- The drug smugglers used an assortment of inventive packaging to hide their illegal shipments.
- 8356A mugwump is a person educated beyond his intellect. Quotations
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- Meanwhile, Angela Brockway and other members of the reading group are struggling to carry on without their friend: There were about 14 of us who all used to sit round her big Victorian table in her conservatory with mugs of tea and coffee and piles of what we called 'posh' biscuits. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
- So long as there is a demand for the produce, illegal excavations and the smuggling of antiquities will continue.