plural jugs
jugged; jugging
Examples of jug in a Sentence
Noun
some no-good fellow who had spent most of his life in and out of the county jug
put a jug of milk on the table
Verb
the luckless crooks got jugged before they knew what hit them
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Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
Kitchen trash, vegetables, roach-spray cans, air fresheners, bathroom cleaners, a Russian Navy sailor’s cap, disposable gloves, water jugs, food packaging, juice bottles, men’s body-wash bottles—all had sloshed around in the strait and washed up on Alaskan shores.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Sure, jugging a mom-and-coach role isn’t always smooth.
—Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Each has 15 servings in it, and since going online in December, a couple thousand jugs have sold, Appel said, mostly to friends and family without any marketing efforts.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
Kitchen trash, vegetables, roach-spray cans, air fresheners, bathroom cleaners, a Russian Navy sailor’s cap, disposable gloves, water jugs, food packaging, juice bottles, men’s body-wash bottles—all had sloshed around in the strait and washed up on Alaskan shores.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Verb
In 2022, authorities charged Carlos Rusi and three other Houston men with a bank jugging case in Burbank, California, according to FOX 26.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Sure, jugging a mom-and-coach role isn’t always smooth.
—Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Jug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jug. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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jug
1 of 2 noun1
a
: a large deep container with a narrow mouth and a handle
b
: the amount held by a jug
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