jug: Meaning and Definition of

jug

Pronunciation: ( jug), [key]
— n., v., jugged, jug•ging.
—n.
  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. jail; prison.
  4. . a woman's breasts.
—v.t.
  1. to put into a jug.
  2. to stew (meat) in an earthenware jug.
  3. to put in jail; imprison.

jug

Pronunciation: ( jug), [key]
— n., v., jugged, jug•ging.
—n.
  1. a sound made by a bird, esp. a nightingale.
—v.i.
  1. to make such a sound.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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