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mug n. 1 jug, tankard, stein, toby (jug), pot, beaker, cup: The
relief workers passed round mugs of hot coffee to the homeless.
2 face, visage, features, countenance, Slang puss, kisser, mush,
Brit clock, dial, Archaic phiz or phizog, US pan: The ex-boxer
has a mug that only a mother could love. 3 fool, duffer,
simpleton, dupe, gull, innocent, Colloq chump, mark, soft or
easy touch, Brit muggins, Slang sucker: The mug thought he had
found a full wallet.
--v. 4 make a face or faces, grimace: Here are some pictures
of the twins mugging for the camera. 5 attack, set upon, rob,
assault; garrotte, throttle: Anyone who walks through the park
at night risks getting mugged. 6 mug up (on). study, Formal
lucubrate, Colloq cram, burn the midnight oil, get up (on), Brit
swot, bone up (on): I have to mug up on my Latin for tomorrow's
examination.
muggy adj. humid, damp, sticky, sultry, oppressive, clammy, steamy,
close, stuffy, moist, soggy: It was so muggy that every night
the bedlinen was completely soaked.
mull v. Usually, mull over. ponder, consider, study, think (over or
about), cogitate (on or over or about), con, evaluate, turn
over, weigh, deliberate (on or over), reflect (on), muse (on),
review, examine, contemplate, meditate (on), chew over, ruminate
(on or over),: I have been mulling over your suggestion that I
should join the navy.
mum adj. 1 silent, mute, close-mouthed, quiet, tight-lipped: She
swore she would keep mum about where the money was hidden.
--n. 2 Mum's the word. Don't tell a soul, Keep silent, Keep
secret, Keep quiet, Keep (something) to oneself, Keep
(something) under one's hat, Say nothing, Tell no-one, Play
dumb: He told who stole the bell, but mum's the word.
mumble v. murmur, mutter, say inarticulately, utter indistinctly,
swallow one's words: He mumbled the name of the person who had
shot him, but she didn't catch it.
mumbo-jumbo
n. 1 gibberish, nonsense, rubbish, gobbledegook or