mean-mug

English

Verb

mean-mug (third-person singular simple present mean-mugs, present participle mean-mugging, simple past and past participle mean-mugged)

1. (African-American Vernacular, transitive) To shoot a dirty look at (someone); to express hostility or menace towards (someone) through a dirty look.
   • 1996, E-40, Practice Lookin' Hard:

     sometimes I catch myself too
     Mean-muggin' folks that
     Did no harm to me or my crew

   • 2012, Vanessa Miller, Latter Rain:

     With a resolve to get his son away from these monsters, Isaac knuckled up and mean-mugged his opponent.