verb

• to stare at breasts, usually in cold weather.

  We just sat on the porch bean counting.

  by Robo, CA, USA, Apr 10 1998.

noun

• a look. Notes: derived from Cockney rhyming slang: "butcher's hook" - "look." The term has been used since Cockney slang originated, but in Sussex for about two decades.

  Let's have a butchers.

  by Mark Ostrowski, Mongolia, Jun 05 1997.

verb

• to see.

  I caught a movie at the theatre in Springfield last night.

  by WalterGR, Oct 01 2001.

• to get, buy, attend, etc., when referring to meals. Origin: perhaps derived from hunting, as in catching an animal for food.

  I caught lunch at the deli down the street.

  Do you want to go catch a bite to eat?

  by WalterGR, Oct 01 2001.

• to hear, understand.

  Did you catch that?

  by WalterGR, Oct 01 2001.

intransitive verb

• to die.

  He had no hope of beating cancer, so he decided to check out early.

  by Robert H., Kingston, PA, USA, Jun 13 2004.

transitive verb

• to visit, inspect.

  We checked out that new restaurant but the food was terrible.

  by WalterGR, Oct 01 2001.

• to see, to look at.

  Check out that guy over there.

  by WalterGR, Oct 01 2001.

noun

• a look. Origin: from Hindi, brought to southeast England by the British army returning from India. The word has been used outside its mother language for at least 50 years.

  Let's have a dekko.

  by Mark Ostrowski, Mongolia, Jun 05 1997.

verb

• to search the ground for already-smoked yet salvageable cigarette butts. Note: usually performed by homeless.

  Hey, isn't that your dad fielding grounders?

  by Thomas Ryan, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Sep 24 1997.

verb

• to stare at someone with an intimidating expression; GLARE.

  I can't believe she had the nerve to grit on me.

  by PAR, Temple Hills, MD, USA, Nov 27 2002.

noun

• face.

  You've got a mug only a mother could love.

  She's got a great body, but a bad mug.

  by WalterGR, Aug 14 1997.

• a fictitious noun used for purposes of comparison. This "mug" always possesses the extreme of some quality or condition. Possibly a euphemism for "motherfucker."

  It's crowded like a mug outside.

  It's cold as a mug in here.

  I'm worried as a mug.

  by Neil S., Chicago, IL, USA, Oct 20 1998.

• a generic noun; THING. The specific noun being referred to is usually clear from the context of the entire conversation. Possibly a euphemism for "motherfucker."

  That mug was tight!

  Let me see that mug.

  I'm gonna get two of them mugs.

  by John, Los Angeles, CA, USA, May 11 1999.

• an unhappy face; SOUR FACE; PUSS. One may "hang" a mug.

  Check out the mug on that guy.

  Kenny's hanging a mug.

  by Ken T., Novato, CA, USA, Oct 23 2001.

• a male person.

  by James S., Jim Russell, Monticello, KY 42633, USA, May 23 2009.

transitive verb

• to stare at a person in an aggressive way.

  Why are you muggin' me?

  Stop muggin'!

  by Holly, Baltimore, MD, USA, Jun 17 1997.

noun

• a person. Usually used in the plural.

  How many peeps will be at the party?

  by H. P., Toronto, ON, Canada, Jan 23 1998.

verb

• to listen to.

  Yo, peep this.

  by H. P., Toronto, ON, Canada, Jan 23 1998.

• to see, look at, stare at. Also peep (one) out.

  Did you peep that hottie?

  That cutie just peeped you out.

  by Kevin Sykes, New York, NY, USA, Feb 13 1998.

• to stare or look at, with sexual intent.

  That girl is peepin'.

  by Todd H., Mar 25 1998.

noun

• pervert.

  He's a total perve.

  by Rina L., Sep 24 2002.

verb

• to stare with sexual intent.

  That guy was perving at her.

  by Shantel, Canada, Jun 05 1997.

• to be intoxicated.

  After I drank that Everclear last night I was perving.

  by Jaxxss, San Diego, CA, USA, Dec 26 1997.

verb

• to watch.

  by Amadei, PA, USA, Oct 17 1997.

• to stare, usually at a member of the opposite gender.

  I was scoping out that hot soccer player after practice.

  by Amadei, PA, USA, Oct 17 1997.

• to look at; investigate.

  by Valeria I., Dec 28 2005.