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mugger¹

  • /ˈmʌɡɚ/ US
  • /ˈmʌɡə/ UK

Sounds like mugga (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ʌɡə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From mug + -er.

noun 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.

mugger²

  • /ˈmʌɡɚ/ US
  • /ˈmʌɡə/ UK

Sounds like mugga (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ʌɡə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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).

noun muggers · magar · makar

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

    Similar: marsh crocodile, mugger crocodile, swamp crocodile

mugger³

  • /ˈmʌɡɚ/ US
  • /ˈmʌɡə/ UK

Sounds like mugga (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ʌɡə(ɹ)

adjective

  1. comparative comparative form of mug: more mug

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Every language

noun a street robber

Españolchorizo, atracador, salteador, tenedor de caminos (disused)
日本語路上の強盗
中文行凶搶劫者
हिन्दीलुटेरा luṭerā
Françaisagresseur
DeutschStrassendieb, Straßenräuber, Straßenräuberin
Русскийграби́тель grabítelʹ

noun a person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance

中文行为过火的人

noun the large crocodile Crocodylus palustris

Españolcocodrilo de las marismas
日本語ヌマワニ numawani
中文澤鱷 /泽鳄, 泽鳄 zé'è, 沼澤鱷 /沼泽鳄, 沼泽鳄 zhǎozé'è
Françaiscrocodile des marais
DeutschSumpfkrokodil
Tiếng Việtcá sấu đầm lầy

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@misc{mugger_2026,
  title = {mugger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mugger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}