jug

²jug

verb

juggedjug·ging

Definition of JUG

transitive verb

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

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