mug

Significado (English)

Noun

1. A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.
2. (slang) The face.
3. (slang) A gullible or easily-cheated person.
4. (slang) A stupid or contemptible person.
5. (slang) A criminal.
6. (slang) A mug shot.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To strike in the face.
2. To assault for the purpose of robbery.
3. To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose, as for photographs or in a performance, in an exaggerated or affected manner.
4. To photograph for identification; to take a mug shot of.
5. (slang) To learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram.

Adj

1. Easily fooled, gullible.
2. (slang) Uninteresting or unpleasant.

Synonyms

cup

tankard

face

jug

fool

countenance

glass

jar

🫙

beaker

pot

sucker

visage

gull

chump

tumbler

patsy

vessel

phiz

mugful

soft touch

kisser

mark

fall guy

simpleton

swot

puss

grimace

smiler

vase

mask

😷

trap

🪤

muggins

physiognomy

assault

muzzle

large cup

mouth

mouthpiece

mug shot

ninny

nitwit

noggin

pirate

plunder

raid

ransack

reave

rip off

rob

rook

schlep

simp

snatch

snout

stick up

stoup

toby

shlep

tub

turkey

twit

wally

billycan

drinking vessel

goofball

look silly

make faces

stupid person

stoma

schlepper

shlepper

Joe Soap

metric slug

beer stein

appearance

hyl

attack

👊

beer mug

bereave

billy

birdbrain

bone

🦴

bone up

bottle

can

chalice

chub

crammer

dingbat

dullard

dumbbell

dupe

exam

examination

fathead

feature

flagon

flask

foray

gawk

gob

goose

🪿

harry

heist

hold up

kettle

klutz

loon

loot

maw

moron

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/mʌɡ/

Etymology (English)

Cognate with sueco: mugg

Cognate with norueguês: mugge

Cognate with dinamarquês: mugge

Cognate with baixo alemão: mokke, mukke

Cognate with holandês: mok

Cognate with inglês arcaico: muga

Cognate with nórdico arcaico: múgr

Cognate with inglês médio: mug

In summary

Early 16th century (originally Scots and northern English, denoting "earthenware, pot, jug"), of unknown origin, perhaps from North Germanic (compare Swedish mugg (“mug, jug”), Norwegian mugge (“pitcher, open can for warm drinks”), Danish mugge), or Low German mokke, mukke (“mug”), German Low German Muck (“drinking cup”), Dutch mok (“mug”), also of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Old English muga (“stack”) and Old Norse múgr (“mass, heap (of corn)”). Compare also Middle English mug, mog (“a measure of salt”).
"Face" sense possibly from grotesque faces on certain drinking vessels. "Assault" sense of verb possibly from hitting someone in the face.