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A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.

(slang, often derogatory) The face. +

(slang, derogatory) A gullible or easily cheated person.

(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, derogatory, slang) A stupid or contemptible person.

(slang) A criminal.

(slang) A mug shot.

(obsolete, UK, Ireland) To strike in the face.

To assault for the purpose of robbery.

To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose, as for photographs or in a performance, in an exaggerated or affected manner.

To photograph for identification; to take a mug shot of.

(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, slang) To learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram.

(archaic) Easily fooled, gullible.

(Bermuda, slang) Uninteresting or unpleasant.

(slang, African-American Vernacular) Motherfucker.