noun / verb
mug
A person's face.
His grinning mug fills the photo on my phone screen.
Etymology
Mug first names a drinking vessel. The slang face sense is commonly connected with mugs decorated as faces or heads, transferring the vessel’s familiar appearance to a person.
More examples
- I recognize that mug, even behind those enormous sunglasses.
- The kids mug for the camera instead of smiling normally.
- She keeps mugging until her little brother laughs.
Forms
mug · mugs · mugged · mugging
mugshot noun — A photograph taken for police identification.