mugger
A person who assaults and robs others, especially in a public placeA person who assaults and robs others, especially in a public place.
» What did the mugger look like?
Значение
значений: 3A person who assaults and robs others, especially in a public place.
Strassendieb, Straßenräuber, Straßenräuberin
граби́тельgrabítelʹ
A person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance; a gurner.
A large crocodile, Crocodylus palustris, of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.
Sumpfkrokodil
- a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)
Примеры
предложений: 22What did the mugger look like?
Tom chased the mugger and caught him.
deTom jagte dem Räuber nach und ergriff ihn. — pullnosemans
Tom gave the muggers what they wanted.
ukТом віддав грабіжникам те, що вони хотіли. — deniko
The police asked Tom to describe the muggers.
The police asked Tom to describe the mugger.
Переводы
языков: 5По значениям 1
По значениям 2
Происхождение
From mug + -er. Borrowed from Hindi मगर (magar) / Urdu مَگَر (magar, “crocodile, alligatoFrom mug + -er.
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).
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