Mug
[mʌg] or [mʌɡ]
Definition
(noun.) with handle and usually cylindrical.
(noun.) the quantity that can be held in a mug.
(verb.) rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence; 'I was mugged in the streets of New York last night'.
Typed by Jaime--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip.
(n.) The face or mouth.
Editor: Stacy
Definition
n. a kind of earthen or metal cup for liquor its contents.—ns. Mug′ger (Scot.) a tramping tinker or vendor of earthenware; Mug′-house an alehouse; Mug′-hunt′er one who competes at games merely for the prizes.
n. the human face the mouth.
Typist: Maxine
Examples
- Commands from Miss Ingram's lips would put spirit into a mug of milk and water. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The portions were handed round; those who liked took a draught of the water, the mug being common to all. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There was an excited clamour of voices, a clinking of mug-lids, a great crying of 'Prosit--Prosit! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Yes, Pip, observed Joe, whose voice sounded hollow in his beer-mug. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It must be very disagreeable to sleep in a tent, and eat all sorts of bad-tasting things, and drink out of a tin mug, sighed Amy. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Biddy was waiting for me at the kitchen door, with a mug of new milk and a crust of bread. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- His mug is a fortin' to him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I said let the best man win, Bacchus barred, and the major started us with red wine in mugs. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Inputed by Byron