jug

UK /d͡ʒʌɡ/ US /d͡ʒʌɡ/
noun 7verb 7

Definitions

noun

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.

2

The amount that a jug can hold.

3

Jail.

'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?'

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, […]

4

A woman's breasts.

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

With her left hand on her right jug, she put her mouth to her other tit.

5

An upright electric kettle.

verb

1

To stew in an earthenware jug etc.

jugged hare

2

To put into jail.

3

To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.

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

4

To nestle or collect together in a covey.

noun

1

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.

2014, Alan Kenworthy, Jugs: Buying, Caring For, Grooming, Health, Training and Understanding Your Jug Dog or Puppy, Feel Happy Limited

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