mug
1. the quantity that can be held in a mug
• Syn:
mugful
• Hypernyms:
containerful
2. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
• Syn:
chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy,
fall guy, sucker, soft touch
• Derivationally related forms:
suck (for: sucker), gull (for: gull), fool (for: fool)
• Hypernyms:
victim, dupe
3. the human face ('kisser' and 'smiler' and 'mug' are informal terms for 'face' and 'phiz' is British)
• Syn:
countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler
• Derivationally related forms:
smile (for: smiler)
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
• Regions:
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
• Hypernyms:
face, human face
• Hyponyms:
pudding face, pudding-face
• Part Holonyms:
human head
4. with handle and usually cylindrical
• Hypernyms:
drinking vessel
• Hyponyms:
beer mug, stein, coffee mug, toby, toby jug, toby fillpot jug
• Part Meronyms:
handle, grip, handgrip, hold
rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence
- I was mugged in the streets of New York last night
• Derivationally related forms:
muggee, mugger, mugging
• Topics:
crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking
• Hypernyms:
hold up, stick up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
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