mugger

mugger

English

Pronunciation

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

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Etymology 1

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

• chugger

Translations

a street robber

Chinese: Mandarin: 行凶搶劫者／行凶抢劫者 Dutch: straatrover (nl) m Estonian: ründaja, röövel French: agresseur (fr) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Strassendieb 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 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