jug (j g)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. [Middle English jugge.] |
jug [dʒʌg]
n
1. a vessel for holding or pouring liquids, usually having a handle and a spout or lip US equivalent pitcher
2. Austral and NZ such a vessel used as a kettle an electric jug
3. US a large vessel with a narrow mouth
4. Also called jugful the amount of liquid held by a jug
5. Brit informal a glass of alcoholic drink, esp beer
6. a slang word for jail
vb jugs, jugging, jugged
1. (Cookery) to stew or boil (meat, esp hare) in an earthenware container
2. (tr) Slang to put in jail
[probably from Jug, nickname from girl's name Joan]
Jug to nestle or collect in a covey; the covey itself.
Examples: jug of grouse; of partridge; of quail.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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 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" 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" |
| 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" |
jug
Translations
jug [dʒʌg]
A. N
3. jugs (US) (= breasts) → tetas fpl
B. VT
1. jugged hare estofado de liebre condimentado y regado con vino
2. (= imprison) → meter a la sombra
jug [ˈdʒʌg] n (small, for milk) → pot m; (large) → cruche f
Could we have a jug of water, please? → Pourrions nous avoir une carafe d'eau s'il vous plaît?
jugged hare [ˈdʒʌgd] n (British) → civet m de lièvre
Could we have a jug of water, please? → Pourrions nous avoir une carafe d'eau s'il vous plaît?
jugged hare [ˈdʒʌgd] n (British) → civet m de lièvre
jug1
jug2
n
(Brit inf: = prison) → Kittchen nt (inf), → Knast m (inf); in jug → hinter schwedischen Gardinen (inf), → im Kittchen (inf) → or Knast (inf)
jugs (Brit sl: = breasts) → Titten pl (sl)
vt (Cook) → schmoren
jug2
n (of nightingale) → Flöten nt
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, 단지 ąsotis krūze; krūka jag kan kanne, mugge dzbanek jarro ulcior кувшин džbán vrč bokal kanna, tillbringare เหยือก sürahi (有柄帶嘴的)壺大壺 глек, глечик پانی یا مائع رکھنے کا گہرا لمبا ظرف، جگ cái bình 大壶
jug → إبريق džbán kande Krug κανάτα jarra kannu cruche vrč brocca ジャグ 주전자 kan mugge dzbanek jarra, jarro кувшин tillbringare เหยือก sürahi bình có tay cầm 水壶
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