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mugger en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmʌɡɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈmʌɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From mug + -er.

Meanings

  1. A person who assaults and robs others, especially in a public place.
  2. A person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance; a gurner.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
muggers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

mike mugger · charity mugger · chugger

Translations (25)

et ründaja (a street robber) · hi लुटेरा (a street robber) · cs pouliční lupič (a street robber) · hu pojáca (a person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance) · ps غټ (a street robber) · pl bandzior (a street robber) · cmn 行凶搶劫者 (a street robber) · de Straßenräuberin (a street robber) · ru граби́тель (a street robber) · es atracador (a street robber) · es tenedor de caminos (disused) (a street robber) · fa موگر (a street robber) · es salteador (a street robber) · de Straßenräuber (a street robber) · et röövel (a street robber) · la grassātor (a street robber) · pl rabuś (a street robber) · es chorizo (a street robber) · fa غارتگر (a street robber) · ja 路上の強盗 (a street robber) · fr agresseur (a street robber) · pl pajac (a person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance) · cmn 行为过火的人 (a person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance) · de Strassendieb (a street robber) · nl straatrover (a street robber)

mugger en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmʌɡɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈmʌɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मगर (magar) / Urdu مَگَر (magar, “crocodile, alligator”), from Sanskrit मकर (makara, “sea monster”), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *nek-V-ḷ- (“crocodile”) (DEDR 3732; reconstruction of Krishnamurti 2003) or Proto-Dravidian *mokaray- (“crocodile”), a verbal noun from *mok- / *moṅku- (“to eat greedily in large mouthfuls, devour, gobble”) (DEDR 5127 + 4897).

Meanings

  1. A large crocodile, Crocodylus palustris, of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
magar alternative lexicographic
makar alternative lexicographic
muggers Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

mugger crocodile · marsh crocodile · swamp crocodile

Translations (18)

cmn 沼澤鱷 /沼泽鳄 (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · fr crocodile des marais (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · cmn 泽鳄 (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · ur انڈس مگر مچھ (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · ja ヌマワニ (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · de Sumpfkrokodil (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · si හැල කිඹුලා (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · sv sumpkrokodil (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · sat ᱛᱟᱭᱟᱱ (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · cmn 澤鱷 /泽鳄 (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · es cocodrilo de las marismas (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · cmn 沼泽鳄 (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · nl moeraskrokodil (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · vi cá sấu đầm lầy (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · bg индийски крокодил (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · ca cocodril persa (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · pl krokodyl błotny (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris) · gu મગર (the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris)

wikipedia: Jules Bloch · wikipedia: Bhadriraju Krishnamurti · wikipedia: Ralph Lilley Turner · wikipedia: Murray Barnson Emeneau · wikipedia: Thomas Burrow

mugger en · ADJ · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmʌɡɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈmʌɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of mug: more mug
    form of mug

Relateds

hugger-mugger