jug

jug  (jg)

n.

1.

a. A large, often rounded vessel of earthenware, glass, or metal with a small mouth, a handle, and usually a stopper or cap.

b. The amount that a jug can hold.

2. A small pitcher.

3. Slang A jail.

4. jugs Vulgar Slang A woman's breasts.

tr.v. jugged, jug·ging, jugs

1. To stew (a hare, for example) in an earthenware jug or jar.

2. Slang To put into jail.

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[Middle English jugge.]

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jug

Noun

a container with a handle and a small spout, used for holding and pouring liquids [origin unknown]

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Jug to nestle or collect in a covey; the covey itself.

Examples: jug of grouse; of partridge; of quail.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jug - a large bottle with a narrow mouth   long-beard, longbeard, bellarmine, greybeard - a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) bottle - a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped water jug - a jug that holds water whiskey jug - a jug that contains whiskey
	2.	jug - the quantity contained in a jug       jugful containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
Verb	1.	jug - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, put behind bars, remand, lag, put away law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" detain, confine - deprive of freedom; take into confinement
	2.	jug - stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" stew - cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the vegetables in wine"

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jug

noun container, pitcher, urn, carafe, creamer U.S., Canad. vessel, jar, crock, ewer

Translations

jug [dʒʌg] n → jarro

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jug [dʒʌg] n → pot m, cruche f

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jug [dʒʌg] n → Krug m

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jug [dʒʌg] n → brocca, bricco

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jug

n jug [dʒag]

a deep container for liquids, usually with a handle and a shaped lip for pouring a milk-jug. kan, kruik, karaf, beker إبْريق кана džbán kande; -kande der Krug κανάτα jarro, jarra kann کوزه؛ پارچ kannu cruche כָּד सुराही vrč kancsó guci kanna, krús brocca, caraffa 水差し 주전자 ąsotis krūze; krūka jag kan kanne, mugge dzbanek jarro ulcior кувшин džbán vrč bokal kanna, tillbringare เหยือก sürahi 大壺 глек, глечик پانی یا مائع رکھنے کا گہرا لمبا ظرف، جگ cái bình 大壶