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

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Rhymes with JUG

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