Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mug"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mug \Mug\, n. [Cf. Ir. mugam a mug, mucog a cup.]
1. A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, --
usually cylindrical and without a lip.
2. The face or mouth. [Slang] --Thackeray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mug
n 1: the quantity that can be held in a mug [syn: {mugful}]
2: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn:
{chump}, {fool}, {gull}, {mark}, {patsy}, {fall guy}, {sucker},
{schlemiel}, {shlemiel}, {soft touch}]
3: the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal
terms for `face'; `phiz' is British) [syn: {countenance},
{physiognomy}, {phiz}, {visage}, {kisser}, {smiler}]
4: with handle and usually cylindrical
v : rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence; "I was
mugged in the streets of New York last night"
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