"mean-mug" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: mean-mugs [present, singular, third-person], mean-mugging [participle, present], mean-mugged [participle, past], mean-mugged [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} mean-mug (third-person singular simple present mean-mugs, present participle mean-mugging, simple past and past participle mean-mugged)
  1. (African-American Vernacular, transitive) To shoot a dirty look at (someone); to express hostility or menace towards (someone) through a dirty look. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mean-mug-en-verb-R5nUs8vS Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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