Jughandle
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 The handle of a jug.
"Informants said that this gulch was so named because the old road made a turn shaped like a jughandle in order to get down into the gulch and across it."
- 2 A ramp or slip road on the right-hand side of the road, used for making left turns. US
"A jughandle is the Jersey way of making a left turn without creating gridlock..."
- 3 A large ear. in-plural, slang
"A waiter appeared with ears that stuck out far enough to have held ten pens instead of just the one, […] He nodded and walked away, shouting our order to the old guy who, going by the size of the jug handles each side of his head, must have been his dad."
Example
More examples"Informants said that this gulch was so named because the old road made a turn shaped like a jughandle in order to get down into the gulch and across it."
Etymology
From jug + handle.
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