mug

1 noun (C)

1 a large cup with straight sides used for drinking tea, coffee etc

2 a large glass with straight sides and a handle, used especially for drinking beer: rugby players swilling mugs of beer at the bar

3 also mugful a mug and the liquid inside it: Two mugs of tea, please.

4 BrE spoken someone who is stupid and easy to deceive: I expect they'll find some poor mug to buy their car.

5 spoken a face: What an ugly mug!

6 a mug's game BrE spoken something that is not likely to be successful or profitable: Gambling is a mug's game, Jonah.

2 verb mugged, mugging

1 (T) to attack someone and rob them in a public place: A lot of people won't go out alone at night for fear of being mugged.

2 (I) AmE informal to make silly expressions with your face or behave in a silly way, especially in a photograph or a play: Scotty's always mugging for the camera.

mug up phrasal verb (I, T) BrE informal to study something very hard, especially when preparing for an exam: mug sth up He's got to mug up some facts about pollution. (+ on): She's mugging up on Racine for her French paper.