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mugup

mugup noun: a short break for coffee, tea, or similar.

Noun

mugup (plural mugups)

  1. A short break for coffee, tea, or similar.
    • On small hand-liners it was customary for the youngest member of the crew to stir up the fire for the constant mugups.1993, Victor Slocum, Capt. Joshua Slocum: The Life and Voyages of America's Best Known Sailor, →ISBN
    • It seems that anybody going to sea, it makes no odds whether they've had their supper or not, because when they come aboard they always have to have a mugup, hot or cold.2000, John Robert Colombo, Ghost Stories of Canada, →ISBN, page 34

Forms of mugup

pluralmugups

Origin of mugup

From mug + up.

Questions about mugup

What does mugup mean?
Mugup means a short break for coffee, tea, or similar.
What part of speech is mugup?
Mugup is a noun.
What is the plural of mugup?
The plural of mugup is mugups.

Words near mugup in the dictionary

  1. mugu
  2. muguet
  3. muguets
  4. muguka
  5. mugunghwa
  6. mugup
  7. mugups
  8. mugus
  9. mugware
  10. mugweed
  11. mugwort

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