Definition of MUGGINS

muggins

Plural: muggins, mugginses

Noun

  • A traditional card game, similar to cribbage.
  • a person who lacks good judgment
  • A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).
  • The act of stealing another player's points because they either mispegged or counted up incorrectly.
  • A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
  • A card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.

Examples

  • I suppose muggins here will have to do all the work, as usual.
  • Playing MUGGINS on the board felt like a gamble, but it paid off handsomely in Scrabble.

Origin / Etymology

Origin unknown. Sense 'fool' originally British slang of 1770s, probably an extension of earlier mug (“fool”). Game senses perhaps from surname Muggins.

Synonyms

fool, sap, saphead, tomfool

Scrabble Score: 11

muggins: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
muggins: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
muggins: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

muggins: valid Words With Friends Word