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mean-mugging

mean-mugging is the present participle and gerund of mean-mug.

Meaning of mean-mug

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

Questions about mean-mugging

What is mean-mugging the present participle and gerund of?
Mean-mugging is the present participle and gerund of mean-mug.

Words near mean-mugging in the dictionary

  1. mean-mouthed
  2. mean-mouthing
  3. mean-mouths
  4. mean-mug
  5. mean-mugged
  6. mean-mugging
  7. mean-mugs
  8. mean-spirited
  9. meanable
  10. meander
  11. Meander Valley

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