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# mug

«mug» in Mova's school dictionary: **A big cup with straight sides and a handle, for hot drinks** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a mug, mugs); verb (mug, mugs, mugged, mugging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A big cup with straight sides and a handle, for hot drinks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mug/#m1)

2) The drink in it: «a mug of cocoa». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mug/#m2)

3) (verb) To attack and rob someone in the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mug/#m3)

4) (informal) A face; or (British) a silly person who is easily tricked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mug/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, mugs hold tea, coffee and hot chocolate; safety: hot drinks can scald, so carry carefully and keep them away from small children and the edge of tables. In maths, a mug is a measuring idea: «How many millilitres does the mug hold?» In safety lessons, being mugged is a crime — let things go, get away and tell an adult or the police. Phrases: «a mug of tea», «mug shot» (police photo).

### examples

- I had a mug of hot chocolate before bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mug/#x1)
- Be careful — that mug is hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mug/#x2)
- The mug holds about 300 millilitres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mug/#x3)
- Grandpa's mug says «World's Best Grandad». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mug/#x4)
- A man was mugged on the way home and lost his wallet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mug/#x5)
- If someone tries to steal your bag, let it go and get to safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mug/#x6)
- Don't be a mug — that's a trick! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mug/#x7)
- We painted our own mugs in art. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mug/#x8)
- She soon understood, however, that he did not find himself quite well, and therefore brought him a mug of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mug/#x9)

### note

Countable. Verb: mug, mugged, mugging (double g); a person who mugs is a «mugger». A mug is bigger than a teacup and usually has no saucer.

### In the corpora

- [A shiny glaze, which is a thin coat of glass, makes a mug waterproof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/30-glass-and-pottery/6/)
- [Jamie in Glasgow broke Mum's favourite mug and hid the pieces in the bin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces/0/)
- [She found them when she emptied it, and she was sad about the mug but sadder that he hid it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces/1/)
- [In Llandudno, Rhiannon breaks Mam's favourite mug.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs/13/)
- [Small cups for juice hold 200 or 250 ml, a mug about 300 ml.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/257-cups-of-juice/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mug» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mug/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.