mug
[noun]
cup, beaker, pot, tankard
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[noun]
face, countenance, features, visage
- fool, chump (informal), easy or soft touch (slang), simpleton, sucker (slang)
[verb]
Synonyms:
- attack, assault, beat up, rob, set about or upon

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English Thesaurus: attack, ambush, mug, stab, assault, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. mug¹ /mʌɡ/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language]

1. a tall cup used for drinking tea, coffee etc:
a coffee mug

2. a large glass with a handle, used especially for drinking beer:
a beer mug

3. mug/mugful of something a mug and the liquid inside it:
Two mugs of tea, please.

4. British English spoken informal someone who is stupid and easy to deceive:
Only a mug would pay that much for a meal.

5. be a mug’s game British English spoken to be something that only stupid people do because it is not likely to be successful or to bring you money:
Gambling is a mug’s game.

6. spoken informal a face:
Something scared him. Probably your ugly mug!

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II. mug² verb (past tense and past participle mugged, present participle mugging)

1. [transitive] to attack someone and rob them in a public place:
A lot of people won’t go out alone at night because they’re afraid of being mugged.

2. [intransitive] American English informal to make silly expressions with your face or behave in a silly way, especially for a photograph or in a play
mug for
All the kids were mugging for the camera.
mug up phrasal verb British English
informal to try to learn something in a short time, especially for an examination Synonym : swot up
mug up on
Jeannie can’t come. She’s busy mugging up on science for her exam.
mug something ↔ up
Mug up as much as you can about the country before your trip.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

mug
noun
ADJ. large | empty | chipped, cracked | hot, steaming a hot mug of tea
beer, coffee | pint | commemorative, souvenir | shaving | china, plastic, etc.
VERB + MUG fill, pour (out) She filled her mug with orange juice. He poured a mug of tea.
pour (sb) out Craig got up and poured himself a mug of soup.
pour sth into She poured hot water into the mug.
drink (sth from) He drank a mug of coffee and left. We drank champagne from tin mugs.
PHRASES a mug of beer/coffee/tea, the rim of a mug He ran his finger around the rim of the mug.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

attack to use violence against someone and try to hurt them:
She was attacked by a man with a baseball bat.
Police dogs are trained to attack.
ambush /ˈæmbʊʃ/ if a group of people ambush someone, they hide and wait for them and then attack them:
The judge was ambushed by gunmen as he drove to work at the courthouse.
mug to attack someone and take money from them in a public place such as a street:
He was mugged on his way home from school.
stab to attack someone with a knife:
The victim had been stabbed in the neck.
assault to attack and hurt someone – used especially when talking about this as a criminal offence:
He assaulted a flight attendant who refused to serve him more drinks.
be set upon by somebody/something written to be attacked by a group of people:
He died outside his home after being set upon by a gang of youths.
turn on to suddenly change your behaviour and attack the person you are with, when they do not expect this:
The dog suddenly turned on him, sinking its teeth into his arm.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

attack noun [uncountable and countable] an act of using weapons against an enemy in a war:
The US was threatening to launch an attack on Iran.
The men had been carrying out rocket attacks on British forces.
Bombs have been falling throughout the night, and the city is still under attack (=being attacked).
invasion noun [uncountable and countable] an occasion when an army enters a country and tries to take control of it:
The Allies began their invasion of Europe.
The threat of foreign invasion is very real.
raid noun [countable] a short attack on a place by soldiers or planes, intended to cause damage but not take control:
an air raid
NATO warplanes carried out a series of bombing raids on the city.
The village has been the target of frequent raids by rebel groups.
strike noun [countable] a sudden military attack, especially after a serious disagreement:
Senior Israeli officials warned that they were still considering a military strike.
the possibility of a nuclear strike
assault noun [countable] a military attack intended to take control of a city, area, or building controlled by an enemy:
The final military assault on Kwangju began at 3 am on May 27.
Hitler launched an all-out assault (=using as many soldiers, weapons, planes etc as possible) on Russia.
ambush noun [uncountable and countable] a sudden attack by people who have been waiting and hiding, especially an attack on a vehicle or people who are travelling somewhere:
Five soldiers were shot in the back and killled in the ambush.
Enemy forces waiting in ambush opened fire on the vehicle.
counterattack noun [uncountable and countable] a military attack made in response to an attack by an enemy:
Government forces launched a counterattack against the guerillas.
If they successfully occupied the city, they would need to be capable of defending it against enemy counterattack.
onslaught noun [countable] formal a large violent attack by an army:
In 1544 there was a full-scale onslaught on France, in which the English took Boulogne.
The troops were preparing for another onslaught against the enemy.
mug to attack someone and take money from them in a public place such as a street:
He was mugged on his way home from school.
stab to attack someone with a knife:
The victim had been stabbed in the neck.
be set upon by somebody/something written to be attacked by a group of people:
He died outside his home after being set upon by a gang of youths.
turn on to suddenly change your behaviour and attack the person you are with, when they do not expect this:
The dog suddenly turned on him, sinking its teeth into his arm.
invade to enter a country and try to get control of it using force:
The Romans invaded Britain 2,000 years ago.
storm to suddenly attack a city or building that is well defended by getting inside it and taking control:
Elite troops stormed the building and rescued the hostages.
besiege /bɪˈsiːdʒ/ to surround a city or building with soldiers in order to stop the people inside from getting out or from receiving supplies:
In April 655, Osman’s palace was besieged by rebels.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

steal to illegally take something that belongs to someone else:
The thieves stole over £10,000 worth of computer equipment.
Thousands of cars get stolen every year.
take to steal something – used when it is clear from the situation that you mean that someone takes something dishonestly:
The boys broke into her house and took all her money.
They didn’t take much – just a few items of jewellery.
burgle British English, burglarize American English [usually passive] to go into someone’s home and steal things, especially when the owners are not there:
Their house was burgled while they were away.
If you leave windows open, you are asking to be burgled.
rob to steal money or other things from a bank, shop, or person:
The gang were convicted of robbing a bank in Essex.
An elderly woman was robbed at gunpoint in her own home.
He’s serving a sentence for robbing a grocery store.
mug to attack someone in the street and steal something from them:
People in this area are frightened of being mugged when they go out.
Someone tried to mug me outside the station.
nick/pinch British English informal to steal something:
Someone’s nicked my wallet!
When I came back, my car had been pinched.
embezzle to steal money from the organization you work for, especially money that you are responsible for:
Government officials embezzled more than $2.5 million from the department.
shoplifting stealing things from a shop by taking them when you think no one is looking:
Shoplifting costs stores millions of pounds every year.
phishing the activity of dishonestly persuading people to give you their credit card details over the Internet, so that you can steal money from their bank account:
Phishing is becoming very popular with computer criminals.

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