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MUG SHOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mug shot mean? 

MUG SHOT (noun)
  The noun MUG SHOT has 1 sense:

1. a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)play

  Familiarity information: MUG SHOT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MUG SHOT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mug shot; mugshot

Hypernyms ("mug shot" is a kind of...):

exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)

Holonyms ("mug shot" is a member of...):

mug book; mug file (a file of mug shots (pictures of criminals that are kept on file by the police))


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