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mug

English

  1. 🔊 with handle and usually cylindrical
  2. 🔊 the quantity that can be held in a mug
  3. 🔊 the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
  4. 🔊 a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
  5. 🔊 rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence
    “I was mugged in the streets of New York last night”

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