muggy •\ˈmə-gē\• adjective : hot or warm and humid The word muggy has appeared in 47 New York Times articles in the past year, including on May 31 in the Slap Shot blog post "For Kings, an Old Look Proves a Winning One" by Paul Brownfield: June is the cruelest month for hockey. It is also the month in which a Stanley Cup champion is crowned. The Kings" overtime victory in Game 1, during a muggy pre-June heat wave in the metropolitan area, was the least pretty of the Kings" 13 playoff wins - a game that was at times sluggish and saw them in stretches unable to generate a legitimate scoring chance. Learn more about the word "muggy" and see usage examples across a range of subjects on the Vocabulary dictionary.