Толковый словарь английского языка - mug
Mug
mug
I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1664 a cylindrical drinking cup, 2. the face or mouth of a person, grimace , ~ shot , 3. a. chiefly British fool , blockhead , a person easily deceived, punk , thug , ~ful noun II. verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 1855 intransitive verb to pose or make faces especially to attract attention or for a camera, transitive verb photograph , III. transitive verb (~ged; ~ging) Etymology: probably from earlier ~ to strike in the face, perhaps from 1~ Date: circa 1864 to assault usually with intent to rob, to attack suddenly ; bushwhack , ~gee noun
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a drinking-vessel, usu. cylindrical and with a handle and used without a saucer. b its contents. 2 sl. the face or mouth of a person. 3 Brit. sl. a a simpleton. b a gullible person. 4 US sl. a hoodlum or thug. --v. (mugged, mugging) 1 tr. rob (a person) with violence esp. in a public place. 2 tr. thrash. 3 tr. strangle. 4 intr. sl. make faces, esp. before an audience, a camera, etc. Phrases and idioms a mug's game Brit. colloq. a foolish or unprofitable activity. mug shot sl. a photograph of a face, esp. for official purposes. Derivatives mugger n. (esp. in sense 1 of v.). mugful n. (pl. -fuls). mugging n. (in sense 1 of v.). Etymology: prob. f. Scand.: sense 2 of n. prob. f. the representation of faces on mugs, and sense 3 prob. from this 2. v.tr. (mugged, mugging) Brit. (usu. foll. by up) sl. learn (a subject) by concentrated study. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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