mug
noun
a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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People on crowded street gasp Think I am mugging my mother.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2017