jug /d͡ʒʌɡ/noun 11verb 7forms 3phrases 1 noun11 •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. •(Australia, New-Zealand) An upright electric kettle. •(UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer. •The amount that a jug can hold. •[in the plural] (slang, vulgar) 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." — 1985 •(slang) 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?' — 1988 •A hold large enough for both hands •(US) Detention (after-school student punishment).“Take a week’s Jug,” he said, “and keep your nose clean.” — 1970 •A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a Jack Russell terrier and a pug.2014, Alan Kenworthy, Jugs: Buying, Caring For, Grooming, Health, Training and Understanding Your Jug Dog or Puppy, Feel Happy Limited — 2014 •[in the plural] A kind of large, high-powered vacuum tube.[…] as shown in the August 2000 issue, using a pair of my favorite jugs, 807s. — 2001 •(US, slang) The P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft. verb7 •(slang) To put into jail. •To stew in an earthenware jug etc. •(slang) To acquire or obtain through force; snatch, steal; to rob, especially in reference to jugging (which see).I just jugged a band director; now I got a brand new saxophone. •(slang) To hustle or make money, usually aggressively. •(US) To issue a detention (to a student).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. — 2007 •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. — 1916 •To nestle or collect together in a covey. formsjugged · jugging · jugs Phrases with jug jug earsEars whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.
