mug
noun
a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
have mugged
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present perfectof mug.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Murders of crows, and that is the term, have mugged the quality of life here.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2011
He might as well have mugged himself silly for all the difference it would have made.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2011
The Packers have mugged the Bears' receivers in Lambeau Field before and Charles Woodson and Tramon Williams are a talented duo.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 3, 2011
I mean that when he was at Messrs. Chepstow, the publishers, he must have mugged up some of the real Dr. Williamson’s art publications.
From Masques & Phases by Robert Ross
