| NOUN | quantity | mug, mugful | the quantity that can be held in a mug |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | bedbug ... Winnipeg: 26 rhymes with ahg... | |
| Meaning | The quantity that can be held in a mug. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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