mug¹ /mug/

1. A cup with more or less vertical sides
2. Its contents

mugˈful /-fəl/ noun (pl mugˈfuls)

muggˈer noun

A hawker of earthenware

mugˈ-house noun (obsolete)

An alehouse

mugˈ-hunter noun (games)

A pot-hunter

mug² /mug/ (informal)

1. The face
2. The mouth

To grimace

mugˈshot or mug shot noun (informal)

A photograph of a person's face, esp one taken for police records

mug³ /mug/ (informal)

1. A simpleton
2. An easy dupe

a mug's game

Something only fools would do

mug⁴ /mug/ (informal)

1. A sap or swot
2. An exam

1. (often with up) to study hard
2. To swot up

mug⁵ /mug/ (informal)

1. To attack from behind, seizing by the throat
2. To attack suddenly with the intention of robbing

muggˈee noun

The victim, or intended victim, of a mugger

muggˈer noun

muggˈing noun

mug⁶ /mug/

A woolly-faced sheep

• unwarie
• unwarier
• unwariest
• unwarily
• unwariness
• unwarinesses
• unwarlike
• unwarmed
• unwarned
• unwarped
• unwarrantable
• unwarrantably
• unwarranted
• unwarrantedly
• unwary
• unwashed
• unwashen
• unwasted
• unwasting
• unwatchable
• unwatched
• unwatchful
• unwatchfully
• unwatchfulness
• unwatchfulnesses