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jug

1

[ juhg ]

noun

  1. a large container usually made of earthenware, metal, or glass, commonly having a handle, a narrow neck, and sometimes a cap or cork.
  2. the contents of such a container; jugful:

    a jug of wine.

  3. Slang. jail; prison.
  4. jugs, Slang: Vulgar. a woman's breasts.
  5. Slang. bank:

    Yeah, I drove him, but I didn't know he went in the jug to rob the place.



verb (used with object)

, jugged, jug·ging.
  1. to put into a jug.
  2. to stew (meat) in an earthenware jug.
  3. Slang. to put in jail; imprison.

jug

2

[ juhg ]

noun

  1. a sound made by a bird, especially a nightingale.

verb (used without object)

, jugged, jug·ging.
  1. to make such a sound.

jug

/ dʒʌɡ /

noun

  1. a vessel for holding or pouring liquids, usually having a handle and a spout or lip US equivalentpitcher
  2. such a vessel used as a kettle

    an electric jug

  3. a large vessel with a narrow mouth
  4. Also calledjugful the amount of liquid held by a jug
  5. informal.
    a glass of alcoholic drink, esp beer
  6. a slang word for jail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to stew or boil (meat, esp hare) in an earthenware container
  2. slang.
    tr to put in jail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jug1

First recorded in 1530–40; perhaps special use of Jug, diminutive or pet name of Joan, a woman's name

Origin of jug2

First recorded in 1515–25; imitative
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jug1

C16: probably from Jug, nickname from girl's name Joan
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Example Sentences

But perhaps the most spectacular lot in the sale is a silver jug, a birthday present to Churchill from his War Cabinet in 1942.

Another boy walks around and offers a water jug and basin for everyone to wash their hands.

He takes a 2-gallon jug of water out of his freezer and puts it in his insulated lunch bag.

The chicken was cut into large chunks
and all the blood from both birds sat in a dirty old enamel jug.

Throughout proceedings this jug was repeatedly raised and toasted to us, his audience.

She carried a broken-lipped jug, and was on her way to the shop which was at least the second cause of all her woes.

In half an hour I caught the sound of locks and keys; the door opened, and the head-jailer handed me a jug of water.

The tremulous emotion I had observed increased as he said this, and again took the jug from my hand.

After supper pap took the jug, and said he had enough whisky there for two drunks and one delirium tremens.

I laid him out in a second with a stick, and Jim grabbed pap's whisky-jug and begun to pour it down.

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