jug

[juhg]

noun

a large container usually made of earthenware, metal, or glass, commonly having a handle, a narrow neck, and sometimes a cap or cork.

the contents of such a container; jugful: a jug of wine.

Slang. jail; prison.

jugs, Slang: Vulgar. a woman's breasts.

verb (used with object), jugged, jug·ging.

to put into a jug.

to stew (meat) in an earthenware jug.

Slang. to put in jail; imprison.

Origin of jug

1530–40; perhaps special use of Jug hypocoristic form of Joan, woman's name

jug

[juhg]

noun

a sound made by a bird, especially a nightingale.

verb (used without object), jugged, jug·ging.

to make such a sound.

Origin of jug

First recorded in 1515–25; imitative

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Related Words for jugs

beaker, decanter, flask, jar, urn, bucket, vase, bottle, pot, carafe, tub, crock, amphora, pitcher, flagon, ewer, vessel, canteen, hooker, cruet

Examples from the Web for jugs

Contemporary Examples of jugs

Even once the plumbing was installed, some jugs of hot water were still taken up.
The Real Downton Abbey: Juiciest Bits From 'The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle'
Tom Sykes
January 1, 2012

Historical Examples of jugs

If the liquor is not put immediately into the jugs, it will not ferment well.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Eliza Leslie
Every one in the city had jugs and bowls made of wrought gold.
Introductory American History
Henry Eldridge Bourne
So, it all depends on the contents with which the Potter fills his jugs and pipkins, I assure you.
The Book of Khalid
Ameen Rihani
Cochise and all the others rushed to dig into the pile of jugs.
Bloom of Cactus
Robert Ames Bennet
Each plant has its own shape of jug, and the jugs vary in size a good deal.
Chatterbox, 1905.
Various

British Dictionary definitions for jugs

jug

noun

a vessel for holding or pouring liquids, usually having a handle and a spout or lipUS equivalent: pitcher

Australian and NZ such a vessel used as a kettlean electric jug

US a large vessel with a narrow mouth

Also called: jugful the amount of liquid held by a jug

British informal a glass of alcoholic drink, esp beer

a slang word for jail

verb jugs, jugging or jugged

to stew or boil (meat, esp hare) in an earthenware container

(tr) slang to put in jail

Word Origin for jug

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

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Word Origin and History for jugs

jug

"deep vessel for carrying liquids," late 15c., jugge, variant of jubbe, of unknown origin, perhaps from jug "a low woman, a maidservant" (mid-16c.), a familiar alteration of a common personal name, Joan or Judith. Use as a musical instrument is attested from 1946. Jughead "klutz" is from 1926; jughandle "tight curved road used for turns" is from 1961. Jugs for "woman's breasts" first recorded 1920 in Australian slang, short for milk jugs.