jug

¹jug

noun \ˈjəg\

Definition of JUG

1

a chiefly British : a small pitcher

b (1) : a large deep usually earthenware or glass container with a narrow mouth and a handle (2) : the contents of such a container : jugful

2

: jail, prison

Examples of JUG

1. <some no-good fellow who had spent most of his life in and out of the county jug>
2. <put a jug of milk on the table>

Origin of JUG

perhaps from Jug, nickname for Joan

First Known Use: 1538

Related to JUG

Synonyms

bastille, big house [slang], bridewell, brig, calaboose, can, clink [slang], cooler, coop, guardroom, hock, hold, hoosegow, jailhouse, joint [slang], jail, lockup, nick [British slang], pen, penitentiary, pokey [slang], prison, quod [British slang], slam, slammer, stir [slang], stockade, tolbooth [Scottish]

Related Words

bull pen, cage, cell, hole, tank; block, ward; glasshouse [British], guardhouse, hulk(s); concentration camp, gulag, labor camp, prison camp, stalag, work camp; dungeon, keep, oubliette; reformatory, reform school, training school

Near Antonyms

outside

Rhymes with JUG

bug, chug, drug, dug, fug, hug, lug, mug, plug, pug, rug, shrug, slug, smug, snug, thug, trug, tug, vug

²jug

transitive verb

juggedjug·ging

Definition of JUG

1

: to stew (as a hare) in an earthenware vessel

2

: jail, imprison

Examples of JUG

1. <the luckless crooks got jugged before they knew what hit them>

First Known Use of JUG

1747

Related to JUG

Synonyms

commit, confine, immure, incarcerate, intern, jail, imprison, lock (up)

Antonyms

discharge, free, liberate, release

Related Words

constrain, limit, restrain, restrict, shut; bar, gate; apprehend, arrest, bust [slang], capture, catch, detain, nab, pick up, pinch, seize; impress, shanghai; hold, impound, keep; bind, enchain, fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

Near Antonyms

emancipate, enfranchise, manumit, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter