jug
- Noun. A serving vessel or container, circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, a handle and often a stopper or top.
- Noun. The amount that a jug can hold.
- Noun. (slang) Jail.
- Noun. (vulgar, slang) A woman's breasts.
- Noun. (New Zealand) A kettle.
- Verb. (transitive) To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
- Verb. (transitive, slang) To put into jail.
- Verb. (intransitive) To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
- Verb. (intransitive, of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.
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