jugs

Noun

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
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
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

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