Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muggable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mug-gable
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Likely to be mugged; easy to attack.

Example Sentences

"How come I'm so muggable? It sounds like the beginning of a corny love lyric, but maybe if I could figure out the answer it would teach other women how not to be."
"As a decoy cop in the Street Crime Unit, Salpeter made himself as muggable as possible by dressing up as, among other things, Hasidic Jews and drunken businessmen."
"They asked the muggers which of the 60 people in the films they considered easy mark or most muggable and which ones they would stay away from."

Etymology

From mug + -able.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mug

Inflected Forms

more muggable (comparative) most muggable (superlative)

Derived Forms

muggability

Questions

What does muggable mean?: Likely to be mugged; easy to attack.
Where does muggable come from?: From mug + -able.

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