muggins
/ˈmʌ.ɡɪnz/noun
muggins is spelled M-U-G-G-I-N-S: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, muggins means “A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of muggins is mugginses.
How many letters and syllables are in muggins?
| Letters | 7: M-U-G-G-I-N-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is muggins?
Muggins appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce muggins?
- /ˈmʌ.ɡɪnz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of muggins
- mugginses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does muggins mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKA fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).
I suppose muggins here will have to do all the work, as usual.
- 2
The act of stealing another player's points because they either mispegged or counted up incorrectly.
- 3
A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
- 4
A card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Muggins in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fool or idiot:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does muggins come from?
Origin unknown. Sense 'fool' originally British slang of 1770s, probably an extension of earlier mug (“fool”). Game senses perhaps from surname Muggins.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).