mugnoun [ C ]
uk/mʌɡ/us/mʌɡ/mug noun [ C ] (CUP)
A2 a large cup with straight sides used for hot drinks:
a heavy glass with a handle and usually with patterns cut into its side, out of which you drink beer
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- Who knocked over that mug of coffee?
- He washed up his mug and put it back on the shelf.
- She passed him the mug, filled to the brim with hot black coffee.
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Dishes, bowls, cups & glasses
- basin
- beaker
- bowl
- chalice
- champagne flute
- coaster
- crockery
- dinner service
- dish
- middy
- mortar
- place mat
- platter
- pudding basin
- stein
- stem
- stoneware
- tableware
- tankard
- tea set
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mug noun [ C ] (STUPID PERSON)
UK informal a person who is stupid and easily deceived:
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Stupid and silly people
- a right one idiom
- airhead
- asshole
- berk
- birdbrain
- dolt
- doofus
- dork
- duffer
- dullard
- mouth-breather
- muggins
- muppet
- mutt
- need
- silly billy idiom
- simpleton
- stupid
- thicko
- tosser
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mug noun [ C ] (FACE)
informal mainly disapproving someone's face:
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The head & face
- -cheeked
- -chinned
- -faced
- chin
- countenance
- dimple
- facial
- facies
- frontalis
- hairline
- mandible
- nape
- neck
- nose
- nucha
- nuchal
- pes anserinus
- splenius
- temple
- temporal
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Idiom(s)
mugverb [ T ]
uk/mʌɡ/us/mʌɡ/-gg-to attack a person in a public place and steal their money:
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Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- appropriate
- armed robbery
- break in/break into sth
- duff
- larceny
- liberate
- light-fingered
- loot
- looting
- relieve
- rip sth off
- rob
- robbery
- run off with sth
- scrump
- skim
- sting
- whip
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