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mug(9) (iou)



mug verb3. Infl. -gg-. E19.
[from MUG noun3.]
verb trans. Strike in the face; thrash; assault; strangle. Also (now the usual sense), rob with violence, esp. in a public place. E19.
V. S. Pritchett He took the affair as if his person had been assaulted, as if he had been mugged. W. McIlvanney An old woman could be mugged in a park.
verb intrans. Pull a face, esp. in front of an audience, a camera, etc.; grimace. slang. M19.
J. Heller I mug and gesticulate right along with the people on the screen.
verb trans. Photograph the face of, esp. for police or other official records. US slang. L19.
G. V. Higgins We brought him up to the marshal's office and mugged him and printed him.
verb trans. Kiss, fondle. slang (chiefly Austral. & NZ). E20.
mugging noun the action or an act of the verb; spec. (an instance of) the robbing of a person with violence, esp. in a public place: M19.