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jug

1  [juhg] noun, verb, jugged, jug⋅ging.
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–noun
1. a large container usually made of earthenware, metal, or glass, commonly having a handle, a narrow neck, and sometimes a cap or cork.
2. the contents of such a container; jugful: a jug of wine.
3. Slang. jail; prison.
4. jugs, Slang: Vulgar. a woman's breasts.
–verb (used with object)
5. to put into a jug.
6. to stew (meat) in an earthenware jug.
7. Slang. to put in jail; imprison.
Origin:
1530–40; perh. special use of Jug hypocoristic form of Joan, woman's name

jug

2  [juhg] noun, verb, jugged, jug⋅ging.
–noun
1. a sound made by a bird, esp. a nightingale.
–verb (used without object)
2. to make such a sound.
Origin:
1515–25; imit.
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jug   (jŭg)   
n.  
    1. A large, often rounded vessel of earthenware, glass, or metal with a small mouth, a handle, and usually a stopper or cap.
    2. The amount that a jug can hold.
  2. A small pitcher.
  3. Slang A jail.
  4. jugs Vulgar Slang A woman's breasts.
tr.v.   jugged, jug·ging, jugs
  1. To stew (a hare, for example) in an earthenware jug or jar.
  2. Slang To put into jail.

[Middle English jugge.]
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Jug

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

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

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : jug
Spanish: jarro, jarra,
German: der Krug,
Japanese: 水差し
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jug 
"deep vessel for carrying liquids," 1538, jugge, variant of jubbe, of unknown origin, perhaps from jug "a low woman, a maidservant" (mid-16c.), an alteration of a common personal name, Joan or Judith. Use as a musical instrument is attested from 1946. Jughead "klutz" is from 1926; jughandle "tight curved road used for turns" is from 1961. Jugs for "woman's breasts" first recorded 1920 in Australian slang, short for milk jugs.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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