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mean-mug

mean-mug verb: to shoot a dirty look at (someone); to express hostility or menace towards (someone) through a dirty look.

Verb

mean-mug (third-person singular simple present mean-mugs, present participle mean-mugging, simple past and past participle mean-mugged)

  1. (idiomatic, slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To shoot a dirty look at (someone); to express hostility or menace towards (someone) through a dirty look.
    • sometimes I catch myself too
      Mean-muggin' folks that
      Did no harm to me or my crew1996, E-40, Practice Lookin' Hard
    • With a resolve to get his son away from these monsters, Isaac knuckled up and mean-mugged his opponent.2012, Vanessa Miller, Latter Rain

Forms of mean-mug

third-person singular presentmean-mugs
present participlemean-mugging
past participlemean-mugged
pastmean-mugged

Questions about mean-mug

What does mean-mug mean?
Mean-mug means to shoot a dirty look at (someone); to express hostility or menace towards (someone) through a dirty look.
What part of speech is mean-mug?
Mean-mug is a verb.
What is the past tense of mean-mug?
The past tense of mean-mug is mean-mugged.

Words near mean-mug in the dictionary

  1. mean'st
  2. mean-mouth
  3. mean-mouthed
  4. mean-mouthing
  5. mean-mouths
  6. mean-mug
  7. mean-mugged
  8. mean-mugging
  9. mean-mugs
  10. mean-spirited
  11. meanable

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