mug
verb/mʌɡ/
/mʌɡ/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they mug | /mʌɡ/ /mʌɡ/ |
| he / she / it mugs | /mʌɡz/ /mʌɡz/ |
| past simple mugged | /mʌɡd/ /mʌɡd/ |
| past participle mugged | /mʌɡd/ /mʌɡd/ |
| -ing form mugging | /ˈmʌɡɪŋ/ /ˈmʌɡɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] mug somebody to attack somebody violently in order to steal their money, jewellery, etc., especially in a public place
- She had been mugged in the street in broad daylight.
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1- Many elderly people will not go out for fear of getting mugged.
- Your chances of being mugged in Manhattan are lower than ever before.
- [intransitive] mug (for somebody/something) (informal) to make silly expressions with your face or behave in a silly, exaggerated way, especially on the stage or before a camera
- to mug for the cameras
More Like This Consonant-doubling verbsConsonant-doubling verbs
Word Originverb early 16th cent. (originally Scots and northern English, denoting an earthenware bowl): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian mugge, Swedish mugg ‘pitcher with a handle’. mug something up, mug up on something. mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin.
Check pronunciation:
mug