'Jug' definitions:
Definition of 'jug'
From: WordNet
noun
A large bottle with a narrow mouth
noun
The quantity contained in a jug [syn: jug, jugful]
verb
Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" [syn: imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand]
verb
Stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit"
Definition of 'Jug'
From: GCIDE
- Jug \Jug\ (j[u^]g), n. [Prob. fr. Jug, a corruption of, or nickname for, Joanna; cf. 2d Jack, and Jill. See Johannes.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A pitcher; a ewer. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. A prison; a jail; a lockup. [Slang] --Gay. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (pl.) A woman's breasts; as, nice jugs. [vulgar slang] [PJC]
Definition of 'Jug'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Jug'
From: GCIDE
- Jug \Jug\, v. i. (Zool.)
- 1. To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'jug'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adobe,
- bastille,
- biscuit,
- bisque,
- bowl,
- brick,
- calabash,
- calaboose,
- can,
- canteen,
- carafe,
- carboy,
- caster,
- cement,
- ceramic ware,
- ceramics,
- china,
- chokey,
- clink,
- confine,
- constrain,
- cooler,
- coop,
- crock,
- crockery,
- cruet,
- cruse,
- decanter,
- demijohn,
- enamelware,
- ewer,
- fifth,
- firebrick,
- flacon,
- flagon,
- flask,
- flasket,
- glass,
- gourd,
- hipflask,
- hoosegow,
- hot-water bottle,
- immure,
- incarcerate,
- jail,
- jar,
- jeroboam,
- lockup,
- lota,
- magnum,
- mussuk,
- olla,
- pen,
- phial,
- pokey,
- porcelain,
- pot,
- pottery,
- prison,
- quod,
- refractory,
- slammer,
- stir,
- stoup,
- tile,
- tiling,
- urn,
- vacuum bottle,
- vase,
- vial