noun

mug

Translation

mug, face, fool, chump

I drink my coffee from a large mug.

Someone punched him in the mug.

Don't be a mug and lend him money again.

a mug of ((sth.)) a cup of a particular drink I'd like a mug of tea.

to be a mug to be a foolish or gullible person Don't be a mug.

Synonyms: cup, beaker; face, visage; fool, chump

From a Scandinavian source, related to 'mugg', a drinking vessel. The meaning 'face' comes from the grotesque faces often on old drinking mugs.

Picture a MUG with a funny face painted on it. This connects the two main meanings: a cup and a face.