jug
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
jug
- 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.
- The amount that a jug can hold.
- (slang) Jail.
- 1988, Roald Dahl, Matilda
- '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?'
- 1998, John Gunn, Dear Descendants: Recollections for a Gunn Family History 1945-1957 (page 19)
- 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, […]
- 1988, Roald Dahl, Matilda
- (vulgar, slang, chiefly, in the plural) A woman's breasts.
- (New Zealand) A kettle.
- (CB radio slang, chiefly, in the plural) A kind of large, high-powered vacuum tube.
- 2001, 73 Amateur Radio Today (issues 482-493, page 8)
- […] as shown in the August 2000 issue, using a pair of my favorite jugs, 807 (vacuum tube).
- 2001, 73 Amateur Radio Today (issues 482-493, page 8)
- French: cruche, carafe, pichet
- German: Kanne, Krug
- Italian: bricco, brocca, bottiglione, bidone, orcio
- Portuguese: jarra, caneca
- Russian: кувши́н
- Spanish: jarra
- Russian: кувши́н
- Spanish: jarra
jug (jugs, present participle jugging; past and past participle jugged)
- (transitive) To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
- jugged hare
- (transitive, slang) To put into jail.
- (intransitive) To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
- (intransitive, of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.
- Italian: arrestare
jug (plural jugs)
- A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a Jack Russell terrier and a pug.
- 2013, Lost & Found: True tales of love and rescue from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Penguin Group:
- 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.
- 2014, Alan Kenworthy, Jugs: Buying, Caring For, Grooming, Health, Training and Understanding Your Jug Dog or Puppy, Feel Happy Limited
- 2015, George Hoppendale, Jugs: Jug Dog Complete Owners Manual - Jug book for care, costs, feeding, grooming, health and training, Internet Marketing Business
- 2018, Cheryl Murphy, ''Dogs just wanna have FUN'!', Veloce Publishing, page 110:
- Stanley ¶ Jug (Jack Russell/Pug cross); 18 months old; keeps fit chasing his ball or frisbee, but would rather be laid on his back, snoring
- 2013, Lost & Found: True tales of love and rescue from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Penguin Group:
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