
Cork Slang Dictionary
MUG
Construct: Noun
Definition: A foolish person.
Use: Don't be a mug.
Don't be a fool.
Derivation: A male slave or servant, a fool, a simpleton (English Court). (Wright). 'Mug' - simpleton, gullible person, probably from Scandinavian. (Concise Oxford Dictionary).
"I'm mugging for my exams!" LOL didnt know about that 1mug (mug)
noun
1. a heavy drinking cup of earthenware or metal, having a handle and formerly often ornamented with a human face
2. as much as a mug will hold
3. Slang
1. the face
2. the mouth
3. a grimace
4. a rough, ugly person; ruffian, thug, etc.
5. mug shot
Origin: prob. < Scand, as in Swed mugg
transitive verb mugged, mugging
1. to assault usually with intent to rob
2. Slang to photograph; esp., to photograph (a person under arrest) for police records
intransitive verb
1. to assault a person, usually with intent to rob
2. Slang
1. to make a grimace
2. Theater to overact by exaggerated facial expressions
mug (mug)
intransitive verb mugged, mugging mugging
Brit., Slang to study hard and hurriedly, as in preparation for an examination; cram: used with up