jug Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a large bottle with a narrow mouth
  2. noun the quantity contained in a jug
    jugful.
  3. verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
    incarcerate; remand; lag; immure; gaol; jail; put away; imprison; put behind bars.
    • The suspects were imprisoned without trial
    • the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
  4. verb stew in an earthenware jug
    • jug the rabbit

WordNet

Jug noun
Etymology
Prob. fr. Jug, a corruption of, or nickname for, Joanna; cf. 2d Jack, and Jill. See Johannes.
Definitions
  1. A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.
  2. A pitcher; a ewer. Eng.
  3. A prison; a jail; a lockup. Slang Gay.
Jug transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Jugged ; present participle & verbal noun Jugging
Definitions
  1. To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.
  2. To commit to jail; to imprison. Slang
Jug intransitive verb
Definitions
(Zoöl.)
  1. To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
  2. To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.

Webster 1913