mug
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8.2
- noun
- /mʌg/
- Offensive
- I’m kind of a mug that way.
- mugs and suckers
- a mug's game
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- No, when when I say I was a mug, I was a mug.
- I said acting's for mugs like this because for me, not acting's for mugs.
Examples
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Are you trying to make a mug out of me?
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Now he won't grow up to be a mug like me.
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Can't understand how she could fall for a mug like that with something like you around, huh?
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My relatives are a bunch of mugs.
Fiction book (2001) -
Trying to do so is a game that can't be won, a mug's game.
Academic text (1997) -
- You're a mug.
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Come on, you mugs.
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Don't be such a mug; you should be more careful with your money.
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He realized too late that he had been a mug for trusting her lies.
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They called him a mug because he kept falling for the same scams over and over.
Synonyms
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1.4
A person who makes poor decisions and is easily tricked
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7.0
A person who is easily tricked
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8.3
A person who is easily tricked or treated unfairly
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8.8
A person who is easily tricked or cheated
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8.6
A person who is easily tricked and blamed by others
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7.0
A person who is easily tricked into believing false things
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7.1
A person others can easily trick or cheat
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9.9
A person who is easily tricked and pitied by others
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9.3
A person who is easily tricked or cheated
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9.9
A person who is easily tricked and used by others
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9.9
A person who is foolish and easily tricked
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7.0
A person who easily agrees and can be taken advantage of
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9.9
A person who trusts others and falls for tricks easily
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9.9
A person who is easily tricked and believes things without checking
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9.9
An old word for a person who is easily tricked
Antonyms
Compounds
How Gullible
Surface Forms
Etymology
The slang mug for a person who is easily fooled comes from the older use of mug to mean 'face' or 'person'; imagine a trickster spotting an easy face to cheat, and that person becomes a 'mug'.