mug
noun
a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
mugged
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past participleof mug.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof mug.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
mugnouna drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
Example Sentences
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Spencer Pratt wasn’t mugged by reality, but it literally burned his house down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Also: What kind of dingus gets mugged on Fifth Avenue?
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
Ultrapure-water projects are big, one-off beasts that everybody and his brother wants to build, so even the smart operators can watch their margins get mugged the minute capital spending gets a head cold.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
When the data value exists only in your pod, it is like the difference in the kind of attack one would get on a bank versus you getting mugged on the street.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024
The annals of Appalachian Trail hikes are full of tales of hikers being mugged by bears in the back country of the Smokies.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
