Meaning of Jug | Babel Free

Definitions

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.
   countable, uncountable
2. A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a Jack Russell terrier and a pug.
3. Detention (after-school student punishment).
   US, countable, uncountable
4. The amount that a jug can hold.
   countable, uncountable
5. Jail.
   countable, slang, uncountable
6. A woman's breasts.
   countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable, vulgar
7. An upright electric kettle.
   Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
8. A kind of large, high-powered vacuum tube.
   countable, in-plural, uncountable
9. The P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft.
   US, countable, slang, uncountable
10. A hold large enough for both hands
    countable, uncountable
11. A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
    UK, countable, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“'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, […]”

“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.”

“I blew into her ear, and trailed a finger idly down her shoulder until I reached her left jug, the better of a nearly perfect pair.”

“[…] as shown in the August 2000 issue, using a pair of my favorite jugs, 807s.”

“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”

“2015, George Hoppendale, Jugs: Jug Dog Complete Owners Manual - Jug book for care, costs, feeding, grooming, health and training, Internet Marketing Business”

“Stanley ¶ Jug (Jack Russell/Pug cross); 18 months old; keeps fit chasing his ball or frisbee, but would rather be laid on his back, snoring”

““Take a week’s Jug,” he said, “and keep your nose clean.””

“I had another role that earned me almost no appreciation at all: I served as the master after classes in the JUG room, where students appeared when they received detention.”

“In days gone by jugs included the memorization of Shakespeare or the writing out of some well-known document like the Constitution.”

“A common infraction that landed pupils in jug was getting caught using a stairwell that was reserved for use by faculty and other adults.”

“In addition to JUGs and disciplinary lectures, spats and hacks, paddles used to smack misbehaving students, often went with receiving a JUG.”

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