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mug2

Syllabification: (mug)

Pronunciation: /məg/

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Definition of mug

verb (mugs, mugging, mugged)

[with object] (mug something up) British informal

learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram:I’m constantly having to mug up things ahead of teaching them [no object]:we had mugged up on all things Venetian before the start of the course