mugger

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌɡɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌɡə/
• Homophone: mugga (non-rhotic)
• Rhymes: -ʌɡə(ɹ)

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

From mug +‎ -er.

Noun

mugger (plural muggers)

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.

Derived terms

• charity mugger
• chugger

Translations

a street robber

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行凶搶劫者

• Czech: pouliční lupič
• Dutch: straatrover (nl) m
• Estonian: ründaja, röövel
• French: agresseur (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Strassendieb, Straßenräuber (de) m, Straßenräuberin (de) f
• Hindi: लुटेरा (hi) m (luṭerā)
• Japanese: 路上の強盗
• Latin: grassātor m
• Pashto: غټ (ps) m
• Persian: غارتگر (fa), موگر
• Russian: граби́тель (ru) m (grabítelʹ)
• Spanish: chorizo (es)

a person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance

• Hungarian: pojáca (hu)
• Mandarin: 行为过火的人

Etymology 2

From Hindi मगर (magar).

A mugger crocodile

Noun

mugger (plural muggers)

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

   Synonyms: marsh crocodile, mugger crocodile

Alternative forms

• magar, makar

Translations

the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris

• Bulgarian: индийски крокодил m (indijski krokodil)
• Catalan: cocodril persa m
• Dutch: moeraskrokodil (nl) m or f
• French: crocodile des marais (fr) m
• German: Sumpfkrokodil n
• Gujarati: મગર (gu) (magar)
• Japanese: ヌマワニ (numawani)
• Mandarin: 澤鱷 / 泽鳄, 泽鳄 (zé'è), 沼澤鱷 / 沼泽鳄, 沼泽鳄 (zhǎozé'è)
• Santali: ᱛᱟᱭᱟᱱ (tayan)
• Sinhalese: හැල කිඹුලා (hæla kiᵐbulā)
• Spanish: cocodrilo de las marismas m
• Swedish: sumpkrokodil (sv) c
• Urdu: انڈس مگر مچھ
• Vietnamese: cá sấu đầm lầy

Etymology 3

Adjective

mugger

1. comparative form of mug: more mug

See also

• hugger-mugger