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Mugging vs Muggins - What's the difference?

mugging | muggins |

As nouns the difference between mugging and muggins

is that mugging is a quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place while muggins is a fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).

As a verb mugging

is .

mugging

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place.
    • There have been three muggings in this street in the past week.

    Verb

    (head)

    • muggins

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).
    • I suppose muggins here will have to do all the work, as usual.
  • (cribbage) The act of stealing another player's points because they either mis-pegged or counted up incorrectly. House rules specify whether the mugginser gets the mugginsee's points or whether those points are simply lost.

    • Synonyms

    * cutthroat * cutthroat cribbage

    References

    * http://www.cribbage.org/rules/rule1.asp * http://www.pagat.com/adders/crib6.html
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