mug

Handled drinking cylinder

A mug is a sturdy drinking vessel with a handle, typically used for hot beverages: a coffee mug, a beer mug.

Mug is also slang for face: What a mug!

To mug is to attack and rob someone on the street, or to make exaggerated facial expressions, especially for a camera: He mugged for the photos.

A mug shot is a police photograph of someone's face.

container

cup

Small drinking container

  • steinLarge lidded mug
  • tankardHandled drinking vessel, often lidded
  • tumblerFlat-bottomed drinking vessel

vessel · pint · goblet · flask · thermos · beaker · drinkware · coffee cup · handle · ceramic

fool

sucker

Easily fooled person

mark · sap · pushover · easy target · gullible · stooge · fall guy · pigeon · soft touch

attack

robbery

Theft through intimidation

stickup · victim · assailant · theft · violence · street crime · intimidation · threat

face

visage

Face or expression

profile · likeness · grimace · puss · grin · smirk · scowl · kisser

photograph

headshot

Shoulders-up photograph

profile · identification · lineup · criminal record

grimace

ham

Cured pig thigh

comedic · hammy · showboat

Categories
Opposites
vessel type

mugglass

Transparent solid from sand

tumbler · stemware · wine glass · goblet · flute

facial expression

mugsmile

Pleased facial expression

grin · beam · laugh · smirk · poker face

gullibility/intelligence

muggenius

Person of rare brilliance

brain · slicker · intellect · whiz · intellectual

Phrases
Family

mugger, muggy, mugs, smuggling, smuggle, mugging, smuggler, mugged, smuggled

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G