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J0075000 (jŭg)n.1. a. A large, often rounded vessel of earthenware, glass, or metal with a small mouth, a handle, and usually a stopper or cap.b. 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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(dʒʌɡ) n1. a vessel for holding or pouring liquids, usually having a handle and a spout or lip. US equivalent: pitcher 2. Austral and NZ such a vessel used as a kettle: an electric jug. 3. US a large vessel with a narrow mouth4. Also called: jugful the amount of liquid held by a jug5. informal Brit a glass of alcoholic drink, esp beer6. a slang word for jailvb, jugs, jugging or jugged7. (Cookery) to stew or boil (meat, esp hare) in an earthenware container8. (tr) slang to put in jail[C16: probably from Jug, nickname from girl's name Joan]

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n., v. jugged, jug•ging. n. 1. a large container usu. of earthenware, metal, or glass, commonly having a handle and a narrow neck, sometimes with a cap or cork. 2. the contents of such a container; jugful. 3. Slang. jail; prison. 4. jugs, Slang: Usu. Vulgar. a woman's breasts. v.t. 5. to put into a jug. 6. to stew (meat) in an earthenware jug or pot: jugged hare. 7. Slang. to put in jail; imprison. [1530–40; perhaps generic use of Jug, hypocoristic form of Joan, woman's name]

Jug

to nestle or collect in a covey; the covey itself.Examples: jug of grouse; of partridge; of quail.

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Past participle: jugged
Gerund: jugging

Imperative
jug
jug

Present
I jug
you jug
he/she/it jugs
we jug
you jug
they jug

Preterite
I jugged
you jugged
he/she/it jugged
we jugged
you jugged
they jugged

Present Continuous
I am jugging
you are jugging
he/she/it is jugging
we are jugging
you are jugging
they are jugging

Present Perfect
I have jugged
you have jugged
he/she/it has jugged
we have jugged
you have jugged
they have jugged

Past Continuous
I was jugging
you were jugging
he/she/it was jugging
we were jugging
you were jugging
they were jugging

Past Perfect
I had jugged
you had jugged
he/she/it had jugged
we had jugged
you had jugged
they had jugged

Future
I will jug
you will jug
he/she/it will jug
we will jug
you will jug
they will jug

Future Perfect
I will have jugged
you will have jugged
he/she/it will have jugged
we will have jugged
you will have jugged
they will have jugged

Future Continuous
I will be jugging
you will be jugging
he/she/it will be jugging
we will be jugging
you will be jugging
they will be jugging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been jugging
you have been jugging
he/she/it has been jugging
we have been jugging
you have been jugging
they have been jugging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been jugging
you will have been jugging
he/she/it will have been jugging
we will have been jugging
you will have been jugging
they will have been jugging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been jugging
you had been jugging
he/she/it had been jugging
we had been jugging
you had been jugging
they had been jugging

Conditional
I would jug
you would jug
he/she/it would jug
we would jug
you would jug
they would jug

Past Conditional
I would have jugged
you would have jugged
he/she/it would have jugged
we would have jugged
you would have jugged
they would have jugged

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jug - a large bottle with a narrow mouth longbeard, long-beard, bellarmine, greybeard - a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)bottle - a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or cappedwater jug - a jug that holds waterwhiskey jug - a jug that contains whiskey
	2.	jug - the quantity contained in a jug jugfulcontainerful - the quantity that a container will hold
Verb	1.	jug - 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"gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, put behind bars, remand, lag, put awaylaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"detain, confine - deprive of freedom; take into confinement
	2.	jug - stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit"cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"stew - cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the vegetables in wine"

jug

noun container, pitcher, urn, carafe, creamer (U.S. & Canad.), vessel, jar, crock, ewer a jug of water

jug

nounSlang. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention:brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison.Informal: lockup, pen.Slang: big house, can, clink, cooler, coop, hoosegow, joint, pokey, slammer, stir.Chiefly Regional: calaboose.

Translations

壶水壶

jug

(dʒag) noun a deep container for liquids, usually with a handle and a shaped lip for pouring. a milk-jug. （有柄有嘴的）壶

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→ 水壶zhCN

A jug of water → 一大杯水

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jug ears

Ears that stick out markedly from the side of the head, thus resembling the handles of a jug. At first I thought his jug ears were pretty goofy-looking, but I've actually come to regard them as quite cute!See also: ear, jug

jug-eared

Having ears that stick out markedly from the side of the head, thus resembling the handles of a jug. I was pretty goofy-looking as a kid, jug-eared, bespectacled, and lanky as I was.

put a/the plug in the jug

To become permanently sober; to give up intoxicants, especially alcohol. (Alludes to plugging up a jug of an alcoholic beverage.) I've always loved my dad, but he's become a much friendlier and sympathetic person since finally putting the plug in the jug. It took me waking up in a ditch and covered in vomit to realize that I needed to put a plug in the jug for good.See also: jug, plug, put

federal jug

slang A federal prison. He definitely seems hardened by his time in the federal jug.See also: federal, jug

jugged (up)

Sl. intoxicated. I'm not jugged up. I'm not even tipsy. Fred was too jugged to drive home.See also: jug

federal jug

n. a federal prison. (see also jug.) Lefty is fresh and sweet—just out of the federal jug. See also: federal, jug

jug

1. n. jail. (Usually with the.) Take it easy. I don’t want to end up in the jug. 2. n. a jug of liquor; a jar of moonshine; a can of beer. Where’s my jug? I need a swig. 3. and jug up in. to drink heavily. (see also jugger.) We jugged up till about noon and then went to sleep. Let’s get down to some serious jugging. 4. n. a glass vial of liquid amphetamine intended for injection. (Drugs.) His mother found a jug and took it to a drugstore to find out what it was. 5. n. the jugular vein, used for the injection of narcotics. (Drugs.) He’s even got scars on his jugs. 6. n. a breast. (Usually plural. Usually objectionable.) Look at the jugs on that babe!

jug up

verbSee jugSee also: jug, up

jug wine

n. cheap wine that is sold in volume, usually in gallon jugs. We’re having a little do tomorrow—nothing special. A little jug wine and chips. See also: jug, wine

jugged (up)

mod. alcohol intoxicated. I’m not jugged up. I’m not even tipsy. See also: jug, up

jugged

verbSee jugged upSee also: jug

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noun container

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noun a place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention

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noun a large bottle with a narrow mouth

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noun the quantity contained in a jug

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verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

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verb stew in an earthenware jug

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