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/mug/, n., v., mugged, mugging.n.1. a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.2. the quantity it holds.3. Slang.a. the face.b. the mouth.c. an exaggerated facial expression; grimace, as in acting.d. a thug, ruffian, or other criminal.4. Brit. Slang. a gullible person; dupe; fool.v.t.5. to assault or menace, esp. with the intention of robbery.6. Slang. to photograph (a person), esp. in compliance with an official or legal requirement.v.i.7. Slang. to grimace; exaggerate a facial expression, as in acting.[1560-70; prob. < Scand; cf. Sw mugg, Norw, Dan mugge drinking cup; sense "face" appar. transferred from cups adorned with grotesque faces; sense "to assault" from earlier pugilistic slang "to strike in the face, fight"]
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