About The Word Jug
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What's The Definition Of Jug?
[n] a large bottle with a narrow mouth
[n] the quantity contained in a jug [v] stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit" [v] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Jug: gaol | immure | imprison | incarcerate | jail | jugful | lag | put away | put behind bars | remand Related Terms | Find terms related to Jug: adobe | bastille | biscuit | bisque | bowl | brick | calabash | calaboose | can | canteen | carafe | carboy | caster | cement | ceramic ware | ceramics | china | chokey | clink | confine | constrain | cooler | coop | crock | crockery | cruet | cruse | decanter | demijohn | enamelware | ewer | fifth | firebrick | flacon | flagon | flask | flasket | glass | gourd | hipflask | hoosegow | hot-water bottle | immure | incarcerate | jail | jar | jeroboam | lockup | lota | magnum | mussuk | olla | pen | phial | pokey | porcelain | pot | pottery | prison | quod | refractory | slammer | stir | stoup | tile | tiling | urn | vacuum bottle | vase | vial See Also | bellarmine | bottle | confine | containerful | detain | graybeard | longbeard | stew | water jug | whiskey jug Jug In Webster's Dictionary \Jug\, n. [Prob. fr. Jug, a corruption of, or nickname for,
Joanna; cf. 2d Jack, and Jill. See {Johannes}.]
1. A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling
belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.
2. A pitcher; a ewer. [Eng.]
3. A prison; a jail; a lockup. [Slang] --Gay.
\Jug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jugging}.] 1. To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare. 2. To commit to jail; to imprison. [Slang] \Jug\, v. i. (Zo["o]l.) 1. To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale. 2. To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges. |
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