mug
noun
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The quantity that can be held in a mug.
synonym: mugful.
Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory. compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, recess, nook; crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel; cave etc. (concavity) 252. capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli, utricle, bladder; pericarp, udder. stomach, paunch, venter, ventricle, crop, craw, maw, gizzard, breadbasket; mouth. pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase, scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net; ditty bag, ditty box; housewife, hussif; saddlebags; portfolio; quiver etc. (magazine) 636. chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary; trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise; grip, grip sack [U.S.]; skippet, vasculum; boot, imperial; vache; cage, manger, rack. vessel, vase, bushel, barrel; canister, jar; pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund†, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil; brazier; cuspidor, spittoon. [For liquids] cistern etc. (store) 636; vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet†, tureen. [laboratory vessels for liquids] beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube. bail, beaker, billy, canakin; catch basin, catch drain; chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner [U.S.], spider, terrine, toby, urceus. plate, platter, dish, trencher, calabash, porringer, potager, saucer, pan, crucible; glassware, tableware; vitrics. compote, gravy boat, creamer, sugar bowl, butter dish, mug, pitcher, punch bowl, chafing dish. shovel, trowel, spoon, spatula, ladle, dipper, tablespoon, watch glass, thimble. closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire†, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury; escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine. chamber, apartment, room, cabin; office, court, hall, atrium; suite of rooms, apartment [U.S.], flat, story; saloon, salon, parlor; by-room, cubicle; presence chamber; sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room; gallery, cabinet, closet; pew, box; boudoir; adytum, sanctum; bedroom, dormitory; refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger; nursery, schoolroom; library, study; studio; billiard room, smoking room; den; stateroom, tablinum, tenement. [room for defecation and urination] bath room, bathroom, toilet, lavatory, powder room; john, jakes, necessary, loo; [in public places] men's room, ladies' room, rest room; [fixtures] (uncleanness). 653 attic, loft, garret, cockloft, clerestory; cellar, vault, hold, cockpit; cubbyhole; cook house; entre-sol; mezzanine floor; ground floor, rez-de-chaussee; basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices; storeroom etc. (depository) 636; lumber room; dairy, laundry. coach house; garage; hangar; outhouse; penthouse; lean-to. portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck; lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway; ante room, ante chamber; lounge; piazza, veranda. conservatory, greenhouse, bower, arbor, summerhouse, alcove, grotto, hermitage. lodging etc. (abode) 189; bed etc. (support) 215; carriage etc. (vehicle) 272. ... show more
Roget 384: increase of temperature; heating etc. v.; calefaction†, tepefaction†, torrefaction†; melting, fusion; liquefaction etc. 335; burning etc. v.; ambustion†, combustion; incension†, accension†; concremation†, cremation; scorification†; cautery, cauterization; ustulation†, calcination; cracking, refining; incineration, cineration†; carbonization; cupellation [Chem]. ignition, inflammation, adustion†, flagration†; deflagration, conflagration; empyrosis†, incendiarism; arson; auto dafe [Fr.]. boiling etc. v.; coction†, ebullition, estuation†, elixation†, decoction; ebullioscope†; geyser; distillation (vaporization) 336. furnace etc. 386; blanket, flannel, fur; wadding etc. (lining) 224; clothing etc. 225. still; refinery; fractionating column, fractionating tower, cracking tower. match etc. (fuel) 388; incendiary; petroleuse [Fr.]; [biological effects resembling the effects of heat] [substances causing a burning sensation and damage on skin or tissue] cauterizer†; caustic, lunar caustic, alkali, apozem†, moxa†; acid, aqua fortis [Lat.], aqua regia; catheretic†, nitric acid, nitrochloro-hydric acid, nitromuriatic acid; radioactivity, gamma rays, alpha particles, beta rays, X-rays, radiation, cosmic radiation, background radiation, radioactive isotopes, tritium, uranium, plutonium, radon, radium. sunstroke, coup de soleil [Fr.]; insolation. [artifacts requiring heat in their manufacture] pottery, ceramics, crockery, porcelain, china; earthenware, stoneware; pot, mug, terra cotta [Sp.], brick, clinker. [products of combustion] cinder, ash, scoriae, embers, soot; slag. [products of heating organic materials] coke, carbon, charcoal; wood alcohol, turpentine, tea tree oil; gasoline, kerosene, naptha, fuel oil (fuel) 388; wax, paraffin; residue, tar. inflammability, combustibility. [Transmission of heat] diathermancy†, transcalency†, conduction; convection; radiation, radiant heat; heat conductivity, conductivity. [effects of heat 2] thermal expansion; coefficient of expansion. ... show more
is a specific kind of: containerful.
Polish: kufel
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A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
synonyms: chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mark, patsy, soft touch, sucker.
is a specific kind of: dupe, victim.
derivation: befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in | absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up | befool, fool, gull.
Dutch: sul, dwaas, meeuw, achterlijke, idioot, sukkel, goedzak, lobbes
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The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British).
synonyms: countenance, kisser, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage.
is a specific kind of: face, human face.
is a broader term that covers: pudding-face, pudding face.
is a part of: human head.
domain region: Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
domain usage: colloquialism.
derivation: smile.
Dutch: fysionomie
Polish: gębusia
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With handle and usually cylindrical.
is a specific kind of: drinking vessel.
is a broader term that covers: beer mug, stein | coffee mug | toby, toby fillpot jug, toby jug.
Dutch: mok, beker
Polish: kubek
verb
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Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence.
Roget 791: steal, thieve, rob, mug, purloin, pilfer, filch, prig, bag, nim†, crib, cabbage, palm; abstract; appropriate, plagiarize. convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp; make off with, walk off with, run off with; run away with; spirit away, seize etc. (lay violent hands on) 789. plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate†, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer†, maraud, lift cattle, poach; smuggle, run; badger [Slang]; bail up, hold up, stick up; bunco, bunko, filibuster. swindle, peculate, embezzle; sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece; defraud etc. 545; obtain under false pretenses; live by one's wits. rob Peter to pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul; set a thief to catch a thief. disregard the distinction between meum and disregard the distinction between meum and tuum [Lat.]. [receive stolen goods] fence, launder, launder money. ... show more
is a specific kind of: hold up, stick up.
domain category: crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking.
Moby thesaurus: Photostat, Telephoto, Wirephoto, X-ray, Xerox, aerial photograph, ambush, assail, assault, attack, babe, barbarize, batter, bazoo, beaker, black-and-white photograph, blackjack, blitz, blockhead, boob, bowl, bruiser, brutalize, bullyboy, burn, bushwhack, butcher, butt, byword, byword of reproach, calotype, candid photograph, capture on film, carry on, chalice, chaps, cheesecake, chops, chronophotograph, chump, cinch, coffee cup, color photograph, color print, come at, come down on, commit robbery, countenance, crack down on, credulous person, cull, declaim, derision, descend on, descend upon, destroy, dial, diapositive, dimwit, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dupe, easy mark, easy pickings, eggcup, embouchure, face, facies, fair game, fall guy, fall on, fall upon, favor, features, figure of fun, film, fish, fool, gab, game, gang up on, gazingstock, glass, go at, go for, go on, goat, gob, gobe-mouches, goblet, goon, gorilla, greener, greenhorn, greeny, grimace, gudgeon, gull, gun, gunsel, ham, ham it up, hammer, harry, hatchet man, have at, heist, heliochrome, heliograph, hellion, highball glass, hijack, hit, hit like lightning, hold up, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, horn, idiot, ignoramus, innocent, jaw, jaws, jest, jestingstock, jigger, joke, jowls, jump, kisser, knock over, land on, laughingstock, lay at, lay hands on, lay into, lay waste, leadpipe cinch, light into, lineaments, lips, loot, loving cup, make a face, make a mouth, mandibles, map, mark, maul, maw, maxilla, microfilm, mockery, monkey, montage, mop, mop and mow, moue, mouth, mouthing, mow, mucker, mug shot, mugger, muscle man, mush, muzzle, noggin, numskull, oral cavity, out-herod Herod, overact, overdramatize, pan, patsy, phiz, photo, photobiography, photochronograph, photograph, photomap, photomicrograph, photomontage, photomural, physiognomy, picture, pigeon, pillage, pinup, pitch into, plaything, plug-ugly, pony, portrait, pounce upon, pound, pout, premaxilla, prize sap, pull a face, punk, pushover, puss, radiograph, rage, ramp, rampage, rant, rape, rave, riot, rip off, roar, rob, rodman, roentgenograph, rough, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, ruin, sack, sail into, sap, saphead, savage, schlemiel, schooner, schooper, set on, set upon, shell, shoot, shot, shot glass, sitting duck, slaughter, slide, snap, snapshoot, snapshot, sow chaos, spout, stein, stick up, still, still photograph, stock, stooge, storm, strike, strong-arm man, sucker, surprise, swoop down on, take a photograph, take the offensive, talbotype, tankard, target, tassie, teacup, tear, tear around, telephotograph, terror, terrorize, throw away, thug, torpedo, tough, toy, transparency, trap, trigger man, trusting soul, tumbler, ugly customer, underact, vandalize, victim, violate, visage, wade into, wineglass, wreck, yap ... show more.
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