mugger

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From mug +‎ -er.

Noun

mugger (plural muggers)

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

Derived terms

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) m (colloquial), atracador m, salteador (es) m, tenedor de caminos (es) m (disused)

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).

Noun

mugger (plural muggers)

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

comparative form of mug: more mug

See also

hugger-mugger