mug

[US]/mʌɡ/
[UK]/mʌɡ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.a large cup with a handle, typically cylindrical in shape;a gullible person, a fool
vt.to assault or rob (someone)

Phrases & Collocations

coffee mug

travel mug

ceramic mug

personalized mug

insulated mug

mug shot

Example Sentences

mugs of insipid coffee.

steaming mugs of frothy coffee.

playing with drugs is a mug's game.

Delaney set the mug of tea down.

There are three coffee mugs on the table.

caught a glimpse of his ugly mug;

a mug that she balanced on her knee.

a mug of coffee was steaming at her elbow.

Steam rose from her mug of cocoa.

she threw her coffee over him, mug and all.

I'm constantly having to mug up things ahead of teaching them.

he qualified his mug of water with a plentiful infusion of the liquor.

a mug half filled with coffee weighted down a stack of papers.

Don’t start smoking—it’s a mug’s game.

The money’s terrible in this job— it’s a real mug’s game.

Trying to sell overcoats in midsummer is a real mug's game.

I don't think some mug will buy his fake jewellery.

The aim of the campaign is to make young people believe that smoking is a mug's game.

face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug...

Real-world Examples

All right, give me the mug back.

Source: Young Sheldon Season 5

Because Saturday night I was mugged by a guy with a knife.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

Please give me a hot mug of cocoa.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

Did I go out and purchase ad mug?

Source: Global Leaders of the Era

To demonstrate, he took a mug from one of the outdoor tables.

Source: Crazy Element City

Oh, you're not having a mug of tea.

Source: BBC documentary "Chinese Teachers Are Coming"

Now we just run her mug through the D.A.S.

Source: English little tyrant

Where did you get the mug from?

Source: BBC documentary "Chinese Teachers Are Coming"

She popularized the use of porcelain teacups and mugs.

Source: Listening Digest

We can pick up our mug, we can pick up our child.

Source: Emma's delicious English

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