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jug

UK/d͡ʒʌɡ/

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Australia/d͡ʒɐɡ/

jug noun: a serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, an ear handle and often a stopper or top.

jug: a serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is...
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Noun (1)

jug (countable and uncountable, plural jugs)

  1. A serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, an ear handle and often a stopper or top.
  2. The amount that a jug can hold.
  3. (slang) Jail.
    • 'I'm telling you trade secrets,' the father said, 'So don't you go talking about this to anyone else. You don't want me put in jug do you?'1988, Roald Dahl, Matilda
    • I was 'counsel for the defence', or 'prisoner's friend'. My chap had deserted for nearly two years and spent six months in a civvy jug. With papers under my arm and serious countenance I visited him in his cell day after day, […]1998, John Gunn, Dear Descendants: Recollections for a Gunn Family History 1945-1957, page 19
  4. (in plural, slang, vulgar) A woman's breasts.
    • I was sucking my mom's left jug when I heard JD say, "Now we will experience the burden of the past."1985, Epoch, Volumes 24-25
    • With her left hand on her right jug, she put her mouth to her other tit.2010, Ben Niemand, The Sexperts, →ISBN
  5. (Australia, New Zealand) An upright electric kettle.
  6. (in plural, CB radio slang) A kind of large, high-powered vacuum tube.
    • […] as shown in the August 2000 issue, using a pair of my favorite jugs, 807s.2001, 73 Amateur Radio Today, numbers 482-493, page 8
  7. (US, slang) The P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft.
  8. A hold large enough for both hands
  9. (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
    Synonyms:
    handle

Verb (1)

jug (third-person singular simple present jugs, present participle jugging, simple past and past participle jugged)

  1. (transitive) To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
    • jugged hare
  2. (slang, transitive) To put into jail.
  3. (intransitive) To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
    • Down in the orchard a nightingale jug-jugged, as if he, too, had dropped into a soft billet.1916, R. Austin Freeman, chapter 8, in The Exploits of Danby Croker
  4. (intransitive) To nestle or collect together in a covey.

Noun (2)

jug (plural jugs)

  1. A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a Jack Russell terrier and a pug.
    • When the dog’s owners returned with their shopping, I asked what the little dog was. She was a Jug, a Jack Russell-Pug cross. We found out lots about this crossbreed, thought long and hard, and decided a Jug and a Spitz could work really well together.2013, Lost & Found: True tales of love and rescue from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Penguin Group
    • 2014, Alan Kenworthy, Jugs: Buying, Caring For, Grooming, Health, Training and Understanding Your Jug Dog or Puppy, Feel Happy Limited

Noun (3)

jug (plural jugs)

  1. (US, countable, uncountable, Jesuit schools) Detention (after-school student punishment).
    • “Take a week’s Jug,” he said, “and keep your nose clean.”1970, Kenneth H. Brown, The Narrows, New York City: The Deal Press, via Google Books
    • I had another role that earned me almost no appreciation at all: I served as the master after classes in the JUG room, where students appeared when they received detention.2017 June 12, Stephen, N., S.J. Katsouros, Come To Believe: How the Jesuits are Reinventing Education (Again), Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, via Google Books, →ISBN, page 27

Verb (2)

jug (third-person singular simple present jugs, present participle jugging, simple past and past participle jugged)

  1. (US, transitive, Jesuit schools) To issue a detention (to a student).
    • Students would say they “got JUGged,” meaning they’d been disciplined by a teacher. Most of the time punishment entailed memorizing a passage of a text or an obscure snatch of poetry.2007 June 19, Julia Flynn Siler, The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty, New York City: Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 60
    • The first time I met Ben was in after-school detention. He’d been jugged for faking his mom’s signature, and I was serving for clapping erasers in the hallway.2009, Anthony Varallo, This Day in History, Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, via Google Books, →ISBN, page 6

Verb (3)

jug (third-person singular simple present jugs, present participle jugging, simple past and past participle jugged)

  1. (slang) To hustle or make money, usually aggressively.
  2. (slang) To acquire or obtain through force; snatch, steal; to rob, especially in reference to jugging (which see).
    • I just jugged a band director; now I got a brand new saxophone.

jug meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

jug in Hindi

serving vessel
जग jag, घड़ा ghaṛā

jug in Tamil

கைப்பிடியும், மூக்கும் கொண்ட நீர்க்கலன், கெண்டி, மூக்குக்குவளை

jug in Urdu

jug
جگ jag

jug in Bengali

serving vessel
জগ jog
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jug in Telugu
జగ్
jug in Malayalam
ജഗ്, കഴുത്ത് കുറുതായ പിടിപ്പാത്രം
jug in Kannada
ಹೂಜಿ, ಜಾಡಿ
jug in Punjabi
جگ jag, ਜੱਗ jagga
jug in Odia
ଜଗ୍, ଜଗ
jug in Sinhala
පෝච්චිය pōcciya
jug in Arabic
زِير zīr, إِبْرِيق ʔibrīq
jug in Malay
jag
jug in Indonesian
kendi
jug in Persian
کوزه kuze
jug in Thai
กระติก grà-dtìk, กระปุก grà-bpùk, กุณฑี gun-tii, คนที kon-tii
jug in Vietnamese
bình
jug in Myanmar
ဘူး bhu:, ကရား ka.ra:

Examples of jug in a sentence

  • 2015, George Hoppendale, Jugs: Jug Dog Complete Owners Manual - Jug book for care, costs, feeding, grooming, health and training, Internet Marketing Business
  • I blew into her ear, and trailed a finger idly down her shoulder until I reached her left jug, the better of a nearly perfect pair.2010, David Mason, Devil's food:
  • Stanley ¶ Jug (Jack Russell/Pug cross); 18 months old; keeps fit chasing his ball or frisbee, but would rather be laid on his back, snoring2018, Cheryl Murphy, Dogs just wanna have FUN!, Veloce Publishing, page 110:
  • In days gone by jugs included the memorization of Shakespeare or the writing out of some well-known document like the Constitution.2017 September, Tom Healey, “Jug 'Em with a Jugum”, in Lessons from Loyola Hall, Cleveland: Saint Ignatius High School, retrieved 24 Nov...
  • A common infraction that landed pupils in jug was getting caught using a stairwell that was reserved for use by faculty and other adults.2018 October 16, Ted Slowik, “Slowik: Reunion reveals changes to high school, people and places in 35 years”, in Chicago Tribune, retrieved...

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Synonyms of jug

Forms of jug

Noun
pluraljugs
alternative formJUG
Verb
third-person singular presentjugs
present participlejugging
past participlejugged
pastjugged
alternative formjugg

Plural of jug: jugs

Origin of jug

From Middle English jugge, of uncertain origin. Possibly a variant of Middle English jubbe, jobbe, iubbe, geobbe, itself of unknown origin; or perhaps continuing (in altered form) Old English ċēac (“pitcher; jug”). Compare also jug (“a low woman, maidservant”), from Jug, familiar form of Joanna. Prison sense attested from at least 1825 in Britain.

Blend of Jack Russell + pug.

Probably from Latin jugum (“yoke, tether”). A folk etymology claims that it is an acronym for "justice under God" or "judgment under God". https://www.ignatius.edu/news/september-2017/jug-em-with-a-jugumhttps://catholicphilly.com/2021/10/news/local-news/local-priest-moves-closer-to-sainthood/

Words formed from jug

Phrases with jug

Words that rhyme with jug

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Questions about jug

What does jug mean?
Jug means a serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, an ear handle and often a stopper or top.
What is jug in Hindi?
Jug in Hindi is जग (jag), घड़ा (ghaṛā). See Jug meaning in Hindi.
How do you use jug in a sentence?
2015, George Hoppendale, Jugs: Jug Dog Complete Owners Manual - Jug book for care, costs, feeding, grooming, health and training, Internet Marketing Business
What part of speech is jug?
Jug can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce jug?
Jug is pronounced /d͡ʒʌɡ/ (UK).
What is the plural of jug?
The plural of jug is jugs.

Words near jug in the dictionary

  1. Juetengate
  2. Juewa
  3. Juffrou
  4. jufti knot
  5. jufti knots
  6. jug
  7. jug band
  8. jug bands
  9. jug ears
  10. jug hold
  11. jug holds

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jug (page history and authors); jug (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); جگ (Urdu) (page history and authors); jug (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jug (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jug (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); جگ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); jug (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); පෝච්චිය (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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