[syn: countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug]
4. with handle and usually cylindrical;
VERB (1)
1. rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence;
- Example: "I was mugged in the streets of New York last night"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mug \Mug\ (m[u^]g), n. [Cf. Ir. mugam a mug, mucog a cup.]
1. A kind of ceramic or metal drinking cup, with a handle, --
usually cylindrical and without a lip.
[1913 Webster]
2. The face or mouth; as, I don't want to see your ugly mug
again; -- often used contemptuously. [Slang] --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
mug \mug\ (m[u^]g), v. t.
To take property from (a person) in a public place by
threatening or committing violence on the person who is
robbed; to rob, especially to rob by use of a weapon such as
a knife or gun.
Note: To rob a person or a business indoors is not usually
referred to as to mug, but to stick up or hold up.
Syn: rob, stick up
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mug
n 1: the quantity that can be held in a mug [syn: mug,
mugful]
2: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn:
chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy,
sucker, soft touch, mug]
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, mug]
4: with handle and usually cylindrical
v 1: rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence; "I was
mugged in the streets of New York last night"