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Definitions for Mugging

[1] an assault or threat of violence upon a person, especially with intent to rob.
[2] a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
[3] the quantity it holds.
[4] Slang . the face. the mouth. an exaggerated facial expression; grimace, as in acting. a thug, ruffian, or other criminal.
[5] British Slang . a gullible person; dupe; fool.
[6] to assault or menace, especially with the intention of robbery.
[7] Slang . to photograph (a person), especially in compliance with an official or legal requirement.
[8] Slang . to grimace; exaggerate a facial expression, as in acting.
[9] a drinking vessel with a handle, usually cylindrical and made of earthenware
[10] Also called: mugful the quantity held by a mug or its contents
[11] slang a person's face or mouth get your ugly mug out of here!
[12] slang a grimace
[13] British slang a gullible person, esp one who is swindled easily
[14] a mug's game a worthless activity
[15] (tr) informal to attack or rob (someone) violently
[16] (intr) British slang to pull faces or overact, esp in front of a camera

Words related to Mugging

rob, assault, steal

Words nearby Mugging

mug's game, mugabe, mugga, muggee, mugger, mugging, muggins, muggy, mughal, mugho pine, mugwort

Origin of Mugging

1560–70; probably < Scandinavian; compare Swedish mugg, Norwegian, Danish mugge drinking cup; sense “face” apparently transferred from cups adorned with grotesque faces; sense “to assault” from earlier pugilistic slang “to strike in the face, fight”

Words that may be confused with Mugging

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, mugburglarize, mug, rip, off, rob, steal, (see, synonym, study, at, rob)

Word origin for Mugging

C18: perhaps from mug 1 , since drinking vessels were sometimes modelled into the likeness of a face

Synonyms for Mugging

rob, assault, steal, hold up, purse-snatch, stick up