dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/mug_MW.json

{
  "mug":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cylindrical drinking cup":[],
      ": a person easily deceived":[],
      ": fool , blockhead":[],
      ": grimace":[],
      ": mug shot":[],
      ": photograph":[],
      ": punk , thug":[],
      ": the face or mouth of a person":[],
      ": to assault usually with intent to rob":[],
      ": to attack suddenly":[
        "got mugged in the press by his colleagues"
      ],
      ": to pose or make faces especially to attract attention or for a camera":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a collection of coffee mugs",
      "He drank a mug of coffee.",
      "They're taking you for a mug .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Afterwards, participants will head indoors for a mug of hot cocoa or coffee. \u2014 Mike Danahey, chicagotribune.com , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "The Cupping Flights subscription starts at $8.99 per shipment, and includes four 1-ounce bags, which is just enough for a big 16-ounce mug of coffee. \u2014 Kai Burkhardt, CNN Underscored , 29 Oct. 2020",
      "These pouches can easily be added to any duffel bag or suitcase with no worries of spillage, and made in a hotel room or at a campsite with just a mug and hot water. \u2014 Jennifer Konerman, Sunset Magazine , 4 June 2022",
      "Volunteer opportunities: Organizers are seeking volunteers, who will get a mug , T-shirt, and 20 drink tickets. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
      "Twist the filter cap onto the chamber of the AeroPress and place it securely over a mug or carafe. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 12 May 2022",
      "Many a political mug has been mashed into a pie, some the work of collectives such as the Bionic Baking Brigade and Pie Kill, which targeted the rich and powerful with pastry. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "In one study, participants were asked to assign names to everyday items, such as a mug or a stapler. \u2014 Kathryn Hymes, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Squeeze a dollop of gentle shampoo into a glass/ mug and fill it with warm water. \u2014 ELLE , 31 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1855, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "circa 1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":"Noun",
      "probably from earlier mug to strike in the face, perhaps from mug entry 1":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8m\u0259g"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cup"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225751",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "muggy":{
    "antonyms":[
      "dry"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": being warm, damp, and close":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a muggy day in August",
      "It's very muggy out today.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Evenings will still feel muggy and hot due to the high relative humidity. \u2014 Remington Miller, Arkansas Online , 13 June 2022",
      "Partly cloudy and muggy Thursday night with lows in the 60s. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
      "Relatively muggy , with a cooler but still moist wind off the ocean. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Oct. 2021",
      "Sunday is a brand new day, featuring a brand new air mass that will be noticeably less muggy and much more stable overall. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 July 2021",
      "Friday will feature a continuation of the hot and muggy weather. \u2014 Dallas News , 30 July 2021",
      "Partly cloudy and muggy with a 30 percent chance of storms. \u2014 Dallas News , 11 Sep. 2021",
      "Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy and muggy with lows in the upper 60s to the mid-70s. \u2014 Matt Rogers, Washington Post , 4 Aug. 2020",
      "Lows settle in the low to mid-60s as the air remains rather muggy . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1728, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "English dialect mug drizzle":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8m\u0259-g\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "damp",
      "humid",
      "sticky",
      "sultry"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184332",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "mug shot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even the famous photos of Parks being fingerprinted and her mug shot , often attributed to the 1955 bus incident, are really from her 1956 arrest for her role as one of the organizers of the boycott, notes Theoharis. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s the story told by the film\u2019s poster, which features a diptych of star Mark Wahlberg, looking rough and rueful in a mug shot and then beatific in Catholic clergy apparel. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "After showing witnesses a mug shot from a previous case, the affidavit says, detectives determined that S-2 was Kurt Hewitt. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "Russian state television released the news on Saturday and accompanying video of Griner going through airport security and a mug shot have since been made public. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Harris remembers seeing Sohna\u2019s mug shot in the local news more than once over the years. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "There\u2019s no key word in our system to say a photo is a mug shot . \u2014 cleveland , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "August 19, 2014 - Perry voluntarily appears at the Travis County Court house to be booked and fingerprinted and to have his mug shot taken. \u2014 CNN , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Escobar\u2019s mug shot and mustache were plastered onto canvas tote bags. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1950, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162858"
  },
  "mugongo":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": either of two African trees ( Ricinodendron rautanenii and R. africanum ) of the family Euphorbiaceae having extremely light wood":[],
      ": the wood of the mugongo tree":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "m\u00fc\u02c8g\u00e4\u014b(\u02cc)g\u014d",
      "-\u02c8g\u022f\u014b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174829"
  },
  "Mugiloidea":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a suborder of the order Percomorphi that is distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins and includes the families Mugilidae , Atherinidae, and Sphyraenidae":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Mugil + -oidea":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175402"
  },
  "muguet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": lily of the valley sense 1":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "m\u1d6b\u0305g\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, lily-of-the-valley, woodruff, from Old French, from muguete, muguede (in nois muguete, nois muguede nutmeg); from the odor":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222615"
  },
  "mug up":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to study intensively (as for an examination)":[],
      ": to work up by study":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For the best flavor experience make sure to fill your mug up to the brim, covering all the tiny holes. \u2014 Nishka Dhawan, USA TODAY , 30 Apr. 2021",
      "Anyone who has ever worked in a cannery knows that ' mug up ' is a colloquial term for coffee break. \u2014 Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1860, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080103"
  },
  "Mugu, Point":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "cape facing the Pacific in southwestern California west of Los Angeles":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "m\u0259-\u02c8g\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080835"
  },
  "mugiloid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to the Mugiloidea":[],
      ": resembling a gray mullet":[],
      ": a fish of the suborder Mugiloidea":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8my\u00fcj\u0259\u02ccl\u022fid",
      "\""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Mugiloidea":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080907"
  },
  "Mugilidae":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of fishes (suborder Mugiloidea ) consisting of the gray mullets":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "my\u00fc\u02c8jil\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Mugil , type genus (from Latin mugil mullet) + -idae ; akin to Latin mucus nasal mucus":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082838"
  },
  "mugweed":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": mugwort sense 1":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English mugwed , from mug- (in mugwort ) + wed, weed weed":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105050"
  },
  "mugho pine":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a shrubby spreading European pine ( Pinus mugo ) widely cultivated as an ornamental":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8my\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8m\u00fc-(\u02cc)g\u014d-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from French mugho mugho pine, from Italian mugo":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1756, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115617"
  },
  "mugwort":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the leaves of a mugwort \u2014 compare moxa":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-w\u022frt",
      "\u02c8m\u0259g-\u02ccw\u0259rt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Lai wrapped those shore crabs in crispy potato skin rolls topped with melty local Gouda cheese, folded herbaceous mugwort into steamed rice, and even smoked cicadas to top kale salads with an unexpected crunch. \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Garlic mustard and chickweed at the start of spring, elderflower and nettle in the season; serviceberries, mulberries and mugwort in summer; and pawpaws, persimmons and crab apples in fall. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In the sweep of a pad, fruit AHAs gently resurface, niacinamide and Japanese mugwort visibly even skin tone, reduce redness and firm the look of pores, while wild rose minimizes excess oil and sebum. \u2014 Alaina Demopoulos, Allure , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Imagine starter of cannonball jellyfish from coastal Georgia, main courses of Asian shore crab from Chesapeake Bay and dumplings stuffed with wild boar from Texas, and ice cream flavored with mugwort , whose aggressive roots push aside native plants. \u2014 Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Vivid green kusa mochi are made with Japanese mugwort (a close cousin to the stuff that gives absinthe its color) that\u2019s kneaded into the dough. \u2014 Antara Sinha, Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "Waves crash against the sea wall, which sits below a steep bank of weeds \u2014 susuki (Japanese pampas grass), Japanese mugwort and feral hydrangea. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Or knitting needles, poison, bullets, mugwort \u2014 or anything else desperate women have turned to as legislators have stripped away their rights",
      "On a trip to Hong Kong, Tsai filmed Lee as embers of burning mugwort leaves fell painfully onto his back and shoulders during moxibustion, a traditional Chinese therapy. \u2014 Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker , 28 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English mucgwyrt , from mucg- (perhaps akin to Old English mycg midge) + wyrt wort":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185345"
  },
  "Mughal Empire":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "Muslim empire that was founded in 1526 and ruled for over two centuries, controlling much of India and at times extending into parts of what are now Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200808"
  },
  "mugwump":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bolter from the Republican party in 1884":[],
      ": a person who is independent (as in politics) or who remains undecided or neutral":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8m\u0259g-\u02ccw\u0259mp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "obsolete slang mugwump kingpin, from Massachusett mugquomp, muggumquomp war leader":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201502"
  },
  "mughouse":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": alehouse":[
        "shrouded in the fumes of taverns and mughouses",
        "\u2014 Time"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212140"
  },
  "mug-wet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": sweet woodruff":[],
      ": guelder rose":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8m\u0259\u02ccgwet"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by folk etymology from earlier muguet , from Middle French, from Old French":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233306"
  },
  "mugwumpery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the views and practices of mugwumps":[
        "endeavoring to put a respectable front on his mugwumpery",
        "\u2014 George Barker"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005739"
  },
  "mugient":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": making a lowing sound : bellowing":[
        "the mugient herds are turned out to pasture",
        "\u2014 Richard Amper"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8my\u00fcj\u0113\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin mugient-, mugiens , present participle of mugire to bellow, moo; akin to Greek myzein to moan, Sanskrit mu\u00f1jati, mojati he emits a sound, Latin mutus mute":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010149"
  }
}