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Meaning of mug | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
mʌɡ

Definitions

  1. Motherfucker (usually in similes, e.g. "like a mug" or "as a mug")
    slang
  2. A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.
  3. The face.
    derogatory, often, slang
  4. A gullible or easily cheated person.
    derogatory, slang
  5. A stupid or contemptible person.
    Australia, Hong-Kong, Ireland, New-Zealand, Singapore, UK, derogatory, slang
  6. A criminal.
    slang
  7. A mug shot.
    slang

Equivalents

العربية القدح قعب كوب
Azərbaycanca sifət
Беларуская куфель ку́халь
Català tassa
Čeština hrnek ksicht
Cymraeg mẁg mỳg
Dansk fjæs krus tosse
Esperanto taso
Eesti kruus
Gaeilge muga
Gàidhlig muga
Galego cunca tixela xerra
עברית ספל
Հայերեն գավաթ ռոժ
Íslenska fés kanna kolla krús smetti trýni
日本語 しょっき マグカップ
ខ្មែរ កែវ
한국어 낮짝 머그잔 머그컵 조끼
Kurdî bêkêr ça ça cana çawan fes
Lietuvių bokalas kaušas taure
Latviešu krūze
Te Reo Māori maka
Македонски кригла
मराठी मग
Bahasa Melayu cawan
မြန်မာဘာသာ မတ်ခွက် ရေခွက်
Português assaltar caneca cara fuça trouxa
Română cana
Slovenčina hrnček
Slovenščina vrč
Shqip surrat
Svenska dumbom mugg nuna råna tryne
Türkçe kupa
Tiếng Việt ca

Examples

“[…] 'let him go, I tell you, or I'll be after breaking your ugly mug,' and with that I gave him a dig that knocked him into smithereens.”
“When did ever a gentleman o’ fortune show his stern to that much dollars for a boosy old seaman with a blue mug — and him dead too?”
“Isis rode my mug like she was on a ten-inch dick, and as soon as she nutted I tossed her ass off a me and flipped her on her back, then fucked the shit outta her cause it was payback time.”
“He's a gullible mug – he believed her again.”
“Perhaps if I told you that there were forty arrests made in one day here, you will realize that with this small equipment available in the Sheriff's Office, it is very difficult to get mugs. These people are being mugged as they are being arrested but with an entirely inadequate force at work prints have not as yet been made.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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