Tumbler vs Mug - What's the difference?
tumbler | mug |
One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.
A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.
A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish his measure.
* 1919 ,
*:"You don't think it's too early?" said the Captain.
*:"You and your liver must decide that between you," I replied.
*:"I'm practically a teetotaller," he said, as he poured himself out a good half-tumbler of Canadian Club.
A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.
(obsolete) A dog of a breed that tumbles when pursuing game, formerly used in hunting rabbits.
(UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) A kind of cart; a tumbrel.
(archaic) Easily fooled, gullible.
* 1920 , (Herman Cyril McNeile), Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
A large cup for hot liquids, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.
(slang) The face, often used deprecatingly.
(slang, vulgar) A gullible or easily-cheated person.
(UK, slang) A stupid or contemptible person.
To strike in the face.
*1821 , The Fancy , i. p.261:
*:Madgbury showed game, drove Abbot in a corner, but got well Mugg'd.
*1857 , "The Leary Man", in Anglicus Ducange, The Vulgar Tongue
*:And if you come to fibbery, You must Mug one or two,
*1866 , London Miscellany , 5 May, p.102:
*:"Suppose they had Mugged' you?" / "Done what to me?" / "' Mugged you. Slogged you, you know."
(lb) To assault for the purpose of robbery.
(lb) To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose, as for photographs or in a performance, in an exaggerated or affected manner.
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(lb) To photograph for identification; to take a mug shot.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
Learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram.
As nouns the difference between tumbler and mug
is that tumbler is one who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat while mug is a large cup for hot liquids, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.As an adjective mug is
easily fooled, gullible.As a verb mug is
to strike in the face.tumbler
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Noun
(en noun)See also
* glass * pigeonAnagrams
* English agent nounsmug
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Adjective
(mugger)- "Great heavens! Is it?" Drummond helped himself to marmalade. "And to think that I once pictured myself skewering Huns with it. Do you think anybody would be mug enough to buy it, James?"
Noun
(en noun)- What an ugly mug .
- He’s a gullible mug – he believed her again.