mug

noun

/mʌɡ/

Idioms

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a tall cup for drinking from, usually with straight sides and a handle, used without a saucer
- a coffee mug
- a beer mug (= a large glass with a handle)
Extra Examples
- He ran his finger around the rim of the mug.
- She drained her mug and put it down.
- She filled her mug with orange juice.
- She poured hot water into the mug.
- We drank champagne from tin mugs.
- We had to drink the champagne from mugs.
Topics Cooking and eatingb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- large
- empty
- …
verb + mug
- fill
- refill
- pour (somebody)
- …
phrases
- a mug of beer, coffee, tea, etc.
- the rim of a mug
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a mug and what it contains
- He drank a mug of coffee and left.
Extra Examples
- He poured a mug of tea.
- Kyle got up and poured himself a mug of soup.
- She was sipping a mug of coffee.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- large
- empty
- …
verb + mug
- fill
- refill
- pour (somebody)
- …
phrases
- a mug of beer, coffee, tea, etc.
- the rim of a mug
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(slang) a person’s face
- I never want to see his ugly mug again.
(informal) a person who is stupid and easy to trick
- They made me look a complete mug.
- He's no mug.
Topics Personal qualitiesc2

Word Originnoun early 16th cent. (originally Scots and northern English, denoting an earthenware bowl): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian mugge, Swedish mugg ‘pitcher with a handle’.

Idioms

a mug’s game

(disapproving, especially British English) an activity that is unlikely to be successful or make a profitTopics Difficulty and failurec2

mug

verb

/mʌɡ/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they mug	/mʌɡ/ /mʌɡ/
he / she / it mugs	/mʌɡz/ /mʌɡz/
past simple mugged	/mʌɡd/ /mʌɡd/
past participle mugged	/mʌɡd/ /mʌɡd/
-ing form mugging	/ˈmʌɡɪŋ/ /ˈmʌɡɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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[transitive] mug somebody to attack somebody violently in order to steal their money, jewellery, etc., especially in a public place
- She had been mugged in the street in broad daylight.
Extra Examples
- Many elderly people will not go out for fear of getting mugged.
- Your chances of being mugged in Manhattan are lower than ever before.
Topics Crime and punishmentc1
[intransitive] mug (for somebody/something) (informal) to make silly expressions with your face or behave in a silly, exaggerated way, especially on the stage or before a camera
- to mug for the cameras
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Word Originverb early 16th cent. (originally Scots and northern English, denoting an earthenware bowl): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian mugge, Swedish mugg ‘pitcher with a handle’. mug something up, mug up on something. mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin.