NOUN | quantity | mug, mugful | the quantity that can be held in a mug |
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person | mug, chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | |
body | mug, countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler | the human face ('kisser' and 'smiler' and 'mug' are informal terms for 'face' and 'phiz' is British) | |
artifact | mug | with handle and usually cylindrical | |
VERB | possession | mug | rob at gunpoint or with the threat / threat of violence |
Sounds | mah'g | |
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Rhymes | bedbug ... Winnipeg: 26 rhymes with ahg... |
Meaning | The quantity that can be held in a mug. | |
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Synonym | mugful | |
Broader | containerful | The quantity that a container will hold |
Spanish | mugful, taza | |
Catalan | mugful |
Meaning | A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. | |
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Synonyms | chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch | |
Broader | victim, dupe | A person who is tricked or swindled |
Spanish | berzotas, bobo, cabeza de turco, cipote, estúpido, gaviota, idiota, imbécil, mameluco, panoli, primo, tonto | |
Catalan | babau, beneit, encantat, enze, gamarús, gavina, idiota, pallús, tanoca, tòtil |
Meaning | The human face ('kisser' and 'smiler' and 'mug' are informal terms for 'face' and 'phiz' is British). | |
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Synonyms | countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler | |
Part of | human head | The head of a human being |
Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
Narrower | pudding face, pudding-face | A large fat human face |
Broader | face, human face | The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear |
Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
Spanish | faz, fisiognomía, fisionomía, fisonomía, rostro, semblante | |
Catalan | cara, fesomia, fisonomia, rostre, semblant |
Meaning | With handle and usually cylindrical. | |
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Parts | handle, grip, handgrip, hold | The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it |
Narrower | beer mug, stein | A mug intended for serving beer |
coffee mug | A mug intended for serving coffee | |
toby, toby jug, toby fillpot jug | A drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat | |
Broader | drinking vessel | A vessel intended for drinking |
Spanish | taza, tazón | |
Catalan | tassa |
Meaning | rob at gunpoint or with the threat / threat of violence. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "I was mugged in the streets of New York last night" | |
Category | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
Broader | hold up, stick up | rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat |
Spanish | asaltar, atracar | |
Catalan | robar | |
Nouns | muggee | a victim of a mugging |
mugger | a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street) | |
mugging | assault with intent to rob |
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