1 a tall cup for drinking from, usually with straight sides and a handle, used without a SAUCER:
a coffee mug * a beer mug (= a large glass with a handle)
2 a mug and what it contains:
a mug of coffee
3 (slang) a person's face:
I never want to see his ugly mug again.
4 (informal) a person who is stupid and easy to trick:
They made me look a complete mug. * He's no mug.
IDIOMS
a mug's game (disapproving, especially BrE) an activity that is unlikely to be successful or make a profit
verb (-gg-)
1 [VN] to attack sb violently in order to steal their money, especially in a public place:
She had been mugged in the street in broad daylight.
2 [V] ~ (for sb/sth) (informal, especially AmE) 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
PHRASALVERBS
mug sth<->up
