mugs 1 of 2

noun

Definition of mugsnext
plural of mug
1
as in cups
a round vessel equipped with a handle and designed for drinking a coffee mug

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as in thugs
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang just a bunch of mugs with no respect for anyone, not even themselves

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as in faces
the front part of the head she joked about not having to see his ugly mug anymore

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as in mouths
the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal keep your mug shut and listen up

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as in grimaces
a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval an involuntary mug at the revolting sight

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as in suckers
chiefly British one who is easily deceived or cheated the cardsharp was always on the lookout for a new mug

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as in idiots
chiefly British a stupid person what kind of mug goes out in the rain without his brolly or a mackintosh?

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mugs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mug
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as in scowls
to distort one's face every time their picture was snapped, both children mugged by sticking out their tongues or scrunching up their faces

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as in photographs
to take a photograph of mugging captured criminals for the police records

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mugs
  1. cups
  2. villains
  3. criminals
  4. victims
  5. offenders
  6. losers
  7. bandits
  8. gorillas
Noun
  • The blender comes with three mixing cups.
    Nora Colomer, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Three cups are pointed towards the Sun to record solar wind while inside the heliosphere, while the fourth is positioned at a right angle to the others to capture information on various planetary magnetospheres, the heliosphere, and interstellar space.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of cups
Noun
  • Monsters and villains like the Demigorgon and Vecna are even named after real D&D baddies.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2024
  • But trouble is afoot in Narnia, with each installment of the series promising villains worthy of being Death Eaters — including an evil witch played by none other than Tilda Swinton.
    Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of villains
Noun
  • Money heist Who knew that criminals trust cash more than cryptocurrency?
    Nick Rockel, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Shows like The Shadow featured a main character who used fear as a weapon to scare criminals into confessing or giving up.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of criminals
Noun
  • Dolly Parton is lending a helping hand to the victims of the devastating Hurricane Helene.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Despite talk of the strike affecting hurricane recovery efforts, there was almost no impact on the flow of emergency supplies to storm victims.
    Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of victims
Noun
  • Advertisement Nearly half of those surveyed, however, support rehabilitation and treatment for first-time offenders among other options as the best way to improve California’s criminal justice system.
    Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Now, with the incumbent district attorney taking heat for progressive policies from his challenger in November’s election, the question of how to handle the most violent of juvenile offenders has become a key issue.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of offenders
Noun
  • In this worldview, restraints on power are for losers, too.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Perhaps worse, the losers will face heavy and continuing attrition of their ground forces from attacking FPVs without being able to strike in return.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of losers
Noun
  • The film takes place partly in that sunny hospital and partly in impossible locations where the story of a group of bandits out for revenge leads them to travel the world.
    Leila Jordan, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Another involves three nuns who ventured from Mission Santa Barbara to bring food and Bibles to local Native Americans more than a century ago, then were were robbed and killed by highway bandits.
    Paula Conway, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of bandits
Noun
  • And then, gorillas might be unleashed, and ghosts might come out in the audience.
    Scott Feinblatt, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Female gorillas get a better look at solitary males and decide whether to join them.
    Zhengyang Wang, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
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