mugged

Variant of mug

mug definition

mug (mug)

noun

  1. a heavy drinking cup of earthenware or metal, having a handle and formerly often ornamented with a human face
  2. as much as a mug will hold
  3. Slang
    1. the face
    2. the mouth
    3. a grimace
    4. a rough, ugly person; ruffian, thug, etc.
    5. mug shot

Etymology: prob. < Scand, as in Swed mugg

transitive verb mugged, mugging mug′·ging

  1. to assault usually with intent to rob
  2. Slang to photograph; esp., to photograph (a person under arrest) for police records

intransitive verb

  1. to assault a person, usually with intent to rob
  2. Slang
    1. to make a grimace
    2. Theater to overact by exaggerated facial expressions

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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