1. A large cup for hot liquids, usually cylindrical and with a handle
   "He sipped his morning coffee from his favourite ceramic mug"
    
2. The quantity that can be held in a mug
   "He drank a mug of hot cocoa";
   - mugful
    
3. [Brit, informal] A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
   "He felt like a mug after falling for the obvious scam";
   - chump [informal], fool, gull [informal], mark [US, informal], patsy [N. Amer, informal], sucker [informal], soft touch
    
4. [informal] A person's face
   "His mug revealed years of hard living";
   - countenance [informal], physiognomy [informal], phiz [Brit, informal], visage [informal], kisser [informal], smiler [informal], fizzog [Brit, informal], phizog [Brit, informal], pan [US, informal]

1. Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence
   "I was mugged in the streets of New York last night"
    
2. To stare awkwardly
   "He mugged at the camera during the interview"

Derived forms: mugs, mugged, mugging

Type of: containerful, drinking vessel, dupe, face, gaze, hold up, human face, stare, stick up, victim

Part of: human head

Encyclopedia: Mug