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Jug

//d͡ʒʌɡ// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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."

  3. 3
    Detention (after-school student punishment). US, countable, uncountable

    "“Take a week’s Jug,” he said, “and keep your nose clean.”"

  4. 4
    a large bottle with a narrow mouth wordnet
  5. 5
    The amount that a jug can hold. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the quantity contained in a jug wordnet
  2. 7
    Jail. countable, slang, uncountable

    "'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?'"

  3. 8
    A woman's breasts. countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable, vulgar

    "I was sucking my mom's left jug when I heard JD say, "Now we will experience the burden of the past.""

  4. 9
    An upright electric kettle. Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A kind of large, high-powered vacuum tube. countable, in-plural, uncountable

    "[…] as shown in the August 2000 issue, using a pair of my favorite jugs, 807s."

  6. 11
    The P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft. US, countable, slang, uncountable
  7. 12
    A hold large enough for both hands countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer. UK, countable, informal, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To stew in an earthenware jug etc. transitive

    "jugged hare"

  2. 2
    To issue a detention (to a student). US, transitive

    "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."

  3. 3
    To hustle or make money, usually aggressively. slang
  4. 4
    stew in an earthenware jug wordnet
  5. 5
    To put into jail. slang, transitive
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  1. 6
    To acquire or obtain through force; snatch, steal; to rob, especially in reference to jugging (which see). slang

    "I just jugged a band director; now I got a brand new saxophone."

  2. 7
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail wordnet
  3. 8
    To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale. intransitive

    "Down in the orchard a nightingale jug-jugged, as if he, too, had dropped into a soft billet."

  4. 9
    To nestle or collect together in a covey. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

Blend of Jack Russell + pug.

Etymology 4

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/

Etymology 5

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/

Etymology 6

Origin uncertain. Perhaps a shortening of juggernaut or an alteration of juke/jook. Compare juug.

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