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Dictionary: mug1   (mŭg) pronunciation
 
n.
  1. A heavy cylindrical drinking cup usually having a handle.
  2. The amount that such a cup can hold.

[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]


mug2 (mŭg) pronunciation
n.
  1. Informal.
    1. The human face.
    2. The area of the human mouth, chin, and jaw.
    3. A grimace.
    4. A mug shot.
  2. A thug; a hoodlum.
  3. Chiefly British Slang. A victim or dupe.

v., mugged, mug·ging, mugs.

v.tr.
  1. Informal. To photograph (a person's face) for police files.
  2. To threaten or assault (a person) with the intent to rob: arrested the thief who mugged the tourists.
v.intr.

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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noun

  1. The front surface of the head: countenance, face, feature (often used in plural), muzzle, visage. Slang kisser, map, pan, puss. See precede/follow.
  2. A facial contortion indicating displeasure, disgust, or pain: face, grimace, moue, mouth, pout. See express.
  3. A rough, violent person who engages in destructive actions: hoodlum, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough. Informal toughie. Slang hood, punk. See attack/defend, crimes.
  4. A person who is easily deceived or victimized: butt3, dupe, fool, gull, lamb, pushover, victim. Informal sucker. Slang fall guy, gudgeon, mark, monkey, patsy, pigeon, sap1. See wise/foolish.

verb

    To contort one's face to indicate displeasure, disgust, or pain, for example: grimace, mouth. Idioms: make a face, make faces. See express.

 
WordNet: mug
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The noun has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: the quantity that can be held in a mug
  Synonym: mugful

Meaning #2: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
  Synonyms: chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, schlemiel, shlemiel, soft touch

Meaning #3: the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face'; `phiz' is British)
  Synonyms: countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler

Meaning #4: with handle and usually cylindrical


The verb mug has one meaning:

Meaning #1: rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence


 
Wikipedia: Mug
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A white glazed ceramic mug
Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) mugs from SW Colorado, made between 1000 and 1280 AD.

A mug is a sturdily built type of cup often used for drinking hot beverages, such as coffee, tea, or hot chocolate. Mugs, by definition, have handles and often hold a larger amount of fluid than other types of cup. The standard mug holds approximately 12 fluid ounces of liquid, double a tea cup. In more formal settings a mug is usually not used for serving hot beverages, with a teacup or coffee cup being preferred. Shaving mugs can be used to assist in wet shaving.

Many mugs are made of ceramic materials such as earthenware, bone china, porcelain or stoneware. Some are made from strengthened glass, such as Pyrex. Other materials, including plastic, steel and enameled metal are used where break resistance is at a premium, such as for campers. Techniques such as silk screen printing or decals can be used to apply decorations; these are fired onto the mug to ensure permanence.

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Functions

The mug serves many functions which make it especially suited to insulating liquids (only sometimes): or pens and other instruments

  • Provides a handle for grasping, and to provide a cool area of the mug that is insulated from the hot liquid by distance.
  • Insulates the beverage to prevent it from cooling quickly. Thick walls separate the beverage from the cool external air, and an indented base separates the beverage from the surface upon which the mug is set. The shape of the base forms the characteristic O-shaped coffee stain, so often seen upon desks and documents.
  • A Mug can sometimes be used to mic up an amplifer for a guitar or other amplified instrument to provide a phasing flange-like effect. To do this the microphone is placed inside an empty ceramic mug and placed a suitable distance from the amplifier.

Specialist designs

A travel mug is a variation on the traditional mug that is better for transporting hot liquids. It may or may not be a vacuum flask, but is usually well insulated and completely enclosed, with an easily closed opening on the top.

A puzzle mug is a novelty that is counter-intuitive. It will usually have several holes in the rim, making it impossible to drink from in the normal way. Frequently the solution is to cover all the holes in the rim, and then drink via another hole in the hollow handle.[1]

Mug storage

A popular way to store mugs is a wooden pole on a round base with arms to hang 6 mugs by their handles that is known as a 'mug tree'. There are also racks designed for hanging mugs so that they are ready to hand.

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Translations: Mug
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - (drikke)krus, flab, godtroende fjols, bisse, bølle
v. tr. - slå ned, overfalde, gennembanke
v. intr. - skære grimasser

idioms:

  • mug shot    (forbryder)foto
  • mug up    læse (et fag op)
  • mug's game    det er noget pjat

2.
v. tr. - terpe, læse ihærdigt

Nederlands (Dutch)
mok, beker, smoel, tronie, nozem, beroven, gezichten trekken, hard studeren, aanvallen, fotograferen (politie)

Français (French)
1.
n. - grande tasse, chope, gueule, (GB) poire (idiot), attrape-nigaud, photo de criminel, gangster, photo (hum)
v. tr. - agresser
v. intr. - faire des grimaces

idioms:

  • mug shot    photo de criminel, photo (hum)
  • mug's game    (être) un attrape-nigaud

2.
v. tr. - potasser (un sujet)

idioms:

  • mug up    potasser

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Becher, Krug, Visage, Idiot
v. - überfallen, ausrauben

idioms:

  • mug shot    Verbrecherfoto
  • mug's game    Schwachsinn

2.
v. - (ugs) büffeln

idioms:

  • mug up    lernen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κούπα, κύπελλο, (καθομ.) μάπα, μούρη, χαζοπούλι, κόπανος
v. - χτυπώ από πίσω, (κακοποιώ και) ληστεύω

idioms:

  • mug shot    φωτογραφία σήμανσης (κακοποιού)
  • mug up    (Βρετ., καθομ.) μελετώ εντατικά
  • mug's game    (Βρετ., καθομ.) ανεπικερδής δραστηριότητα

Italiano (Italian)
rapinare, sgobbare, ceffo, tazza, vaso

idioms:

  • mug shot    foto segnaletica (di delinquente)
  • mug up    sgobbare su
  • mug's game    gioco troppo facile

Português (Portuguese)
n. - canecão (m), careta (f) (gír.)
v. - caretear, assaltar alguém

idioms:

  • mug shot    fotografia para fins oficiais (f), fotografia de criminoso espalhada pela polícia (f)
  • mug up    de estudar (gír.)
  • mug's game    sem futuro

Русский (Russian)
кружка, морда, гримаса, простофиля, зубрила, экзамен, гримасничать, зубрить, фотографировать (преступников для архива, моросить

idioms:

  • mug shot    фотография человека (особенно в полиции)
  • mug up    гримироваться, готовиться к экзамену
  • mug's game    не на дурака напали

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - jeta, hocico, tazón, jarra, jarro
v. tr. - atacar, asaltar, fotografiar
v. intr. - hacer muecas

idioms:

  • mug shot    fotografía para ficha de delincuentes
  • mug's game    actividad fútil e improductiva

2.
v. tr. - estudiar, repasar

idioms:

  • mug up    empollar, estudiar intensamente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mugg, tryne, trut, (blåögd) idiot, knöl, skurk
v. - grimasera, åma sig, överfalla, plåta (till förbrytaralbum)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 大杯子, 脸, 一大杯的量, 嘴

idioms:

  • mug shot    面部照片, 嫌疑犯照片
  • mug up    死记硬背, 学习
  • mug's game    没有意思的活动

2. 拼命用功的人, 给...拍照, 自背后袭击并抢劫, 警方为存档给拍照, 扮鬼脸, 做怪相, 行凶抢劫

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 拼命用功的人
v. tr. - 給...拍照, 自背後襲擊並搶劫, 警方為存檔給拍照
v. intr. - 扮鬼臉, 做怪相, 行兇搶劫

2.
n. - 大杯子, 臉, 一大杯的量, 嘴

idioms:

  • mug shot    面部照片, 嫌疑犯照片
  • mug up    死記硬背, 學習
  • mug's game    沒有意思的活動

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 큰 잔, 찡그린 얼굴, 바보, 악당
v. tr. - 목을 조르다, 사진을 찍다
v. intr. - 급습하다, 얼굴을 찡그리다

idioms:

  • mug up    습격하다

2.
v. tr. - 주입식으로 공부하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - マグ, ジョッキ, マグ一杯分, まぬけな人, 口, 勉強家, 試験, まぬけ
v. - 襲って金品を奪う

idioms:

  • mug shot    顔写真
  • mug up    受験準備に詰め込む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إبريق, وجه, بوز, مغفل, غبي (فعل) يصمم, يهاجم, يحفظ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ספל, פרצוף, פה, בריון, טיפש, פתי, לימוד מוגבר‬
v. tr. - ‮התקיף, גזל, שדד, חנק (למוות), לחם‬
v. intr. - ‮עשה פרצופים (לפני קהל, מצלמה וכו')‬
v. tr. - ‮למד (חזר על) בשקידה‬


 
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