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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishjugge, of uncertain origin. Possibly a variant ofMiddle Englishjubbe,jobbe,iubbe,geobbe, itself of unknown origin; or perhaps continuing (in altered form)Old Englishċēac(“pitcher; jug”). Compare alsojug(“a low woman, maidservant”), fromJug, familiar form ofJoanna.

Noun

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A jug
A climber with two hands on ajug

jug (countable anduncountable,pluraljugs)

  1. Aservingvessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively smallmouth orspout, anearhandle and often astopper ortop.
  2. Theamount that a jug can hold.
  3. (slang)Jail.
    • 1988,Roald Dahl,Matilda:
      'I'm telling you trade secrets,' the father said, 'So don't you go talking about this to anyone else. You don't want me put injug do you?'
    • 1998, John Gunn,Dear Descendants: Recollections for a Gunn Family History 1945-1957, page19:
      I was 'counsel for the defence', or 'prisoner's friend'. My chap had deserted for nearly two years and spent six months in a civvyjug. With papers under my arm and serious countenance I visited him in his cell day after day,[…]
  4. (vulgar, slang, chiefly in theplural) Awoman'sbreasts.
    • 1985,Epoch, Volumes 24-25:
      I was sucking my mom's leftjug when I heard JD say, "Now we will experience the burden of the past."
    • 2010, Ben Niemand,The Sexperts,→ISBN:
      With her left hand on her rightjug, she put her mouth to her other tit.
    • 2010, David Mason,Devil's food:
      I blew into her ear, and trailed a finger idly down her shoulder until I reached her leftjug, the better of a nearly perfect pair.
  5. (New Zealand) An upright electrickettle.
  6. (CB radio slang, chiefly in theplural) A kind of large, high-poweredvacuum tube.
    • 2001,73 Amateur Radio Today, numbers482-493, page 8:
      […] as shown in the August 2000 issue, using a pair of my favoritejugs,807s.
  7. (US, slang) The P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft.
  8. (climbing) Ahold large enough for both hands
  9. (UK, informal) A traditionaldimpledglass with a handle, for serving apint ofbeer.
    Synonym:handle
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Terms derived fromjug (noun)
Descendants
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Translations
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serving vessel
amount a jug can hold
slang: jail
slang: a woman’s breast—seetit,‎boob

Verb

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jug (third-person singular simple presentjugs,present participlejugging,simple past and past participlejugged)

  1. (transitive) Tostew in anearthenware jug etc.
    jugged hare
  2. (transitive, slang) To put intojail.
  3. (intransitive) To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially thenightingale.
    • 1916,R. Austin Freeman, chapter8, inThe Exploits of Danby Croker:
      Down in the orchard a nightingalejug-jugged, as if he, too, had dropped into a soft billet.
  4. (intransitive, of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in acovey.
Translations
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to stew in an earthenware
to put in jail

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Blend ofJack Russell +‎pug

Noun

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jug (pluraljugs)

  1. A small mixed breed ofdog created by mating aJack Russellterrier and apug.
    • 2013,Lost & Found: True tales of love and rescue from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Penguin Group:
      When the dog’s owners returned with their shopping, I asked what the little dog was. She was aJug, a Jack Russell-Pug cross. We found out lots about this crossbreed, thought long and hard, and decided aJug and a Spitz could work really well together.
    • 2014, Alan Kenworthy,Jugs: Buying, Caring For, Grooming, Health, Training and Understanding YourJug Dog or Puppy, Feel Happy Limited
    • 2015, George Hoppendale,Jugs:Jug Dog Complete Owners Manual -Jug book for care, costs, feeding, grooming, health and training, Internet Marketing Business
    • 2018, Cheryl Murphy,Dogs just wanna have FUN!, Veloce Publishing, page110:
      Stanley ¶Jug (Jack Russell/Pug cross); 18 months old; keeps fit chasing his ball or frisbee, but would rather be laid on his back, snoring

Etymology 3

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Probably fromLatinjugum(“yoke, tether”). Afolk etymology claims that it is an acronym for "justice underGod" or "judgment under God".[1][2]

Alternative forms

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Noun

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jug (pluraljugs)

  1. (US, Roman Catholicism, countable or uncountable)detention(after-school student punishment)
    • 1970, Kenneth H. Brown,The Narrows‎[3], New York City: The Deal Press, via Google Books:
      “Take a week’sJug,” he said, “and keep your nose clean.”
    • 2017 June 12, Stephen, N., S.J. Katsouros,Come To Believe: How the Jesuits are Reinventing Education (Again)‎[4], Maryknoll, New York:Orbis Books, via Google Books,→ISBN, page27:
      I had another role that earned me almost no appreciation at all: I served as the master after classes in theJUG room, where students appeared when they received detention.
    • 2017 September, Tom Healey, “Jug 'Em with a Jugum”, inLessons from Loyola Hall‎[5], Cleveland:Saint Ignatius High School, retrieved2021-11-24:
      In days gone byjugs included the memorization ofShakespeare or the writing out of some well-known document like theConstitution.
    • 2018 October 16, Ted Slowik, “Slowik: Reunion reveals changes to high school, people and places in 35 years”, inChicago Tribune‎[6], retrieved2021-11-24:
      A common infraction that landed pupils injug was getting caught using a stairwell that was reserved for use by faculty and other adults.
    • 2020 March 8, Steele Clevenger, “A Look Back at JUGs”, inThe Jesuit Chronicle‎[7], Beaverton, Oregon:Jesuit High School, retrieved2021-11-24:
      In addition toJUGs and disciplinary lectures, spats and hacks, paddles used to smack misbehaving students, often went with receiving aJUG.
Usage notes
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This is the preferred term for after-school detentions in Roman Catholic schools run by theSociety of Jesus in the United States.

Verb

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jug (third-person singular simple presentjugs,present participlejugging,simple past and past participlejugged)

  1. (US, Roman Catholicism, transitive) to issue adetention (to a student)
    • 2007 June 19,Julia Flynn Siler,The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty‎[8], New York City:Penguin Group,→ISBN, page60:
      Students would say they “gotJUGged,” meaning they’d been disciplined by a teacher. Most of the time punishment entailed memorizing a passage of a text or an obscuresnatch of poetry.
    • 2009, Anthony Varallo,This Day in History‎[9], Iowa City, Iowa:University of Iowa Press, via Google Books,→ISBN, page 6:
      The first time I met Ben was in after-school detention. He’d beenjugged for faking his mom’s signature, and I was serving for clapping erasers in the hallway.

Etymology 4

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Origin uncertain. Perhaps a shortening ofjuggernaut or an alteration ofjuke/jook. Comparejuug.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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jug (third-person singular simple presentjugs,present participlejugging,simple past and past participlejugged)

  1. (slang) Tohustle ormake money, usually aggressively.
  2. (slang) Toacquire orobtain through force;snatch,steal; torob, especially in reference tojugging(which see).
    An old lady gotjugged outside the bank last night on her way to her car.
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Albanian

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AlbanianWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediasq

Etymology

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Borrowed fromProto-Slavic*jùgъ(“south (wind)”)[1] (cf. South SlavicBulgarian andSerbo-Croatianjug(“south”)).

Noun

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jug m (definitejugu)

  1. (uncountable)south
    Alternative form:(abbreviation)J

Declension

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Declension ofjug
singular
indefinitedefinite
nominativejugjugu
accusativejugun
dat./abl.jugujugut

Antonyms

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Coordinate terms

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compass points: [edit]

veriperëndimveriverilindje
perëndimlindje
jugperëndimjugjuglindje

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “jug”, inAlbanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill,→ISBN, page160

Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLatinjugum,iugum, fromProto-Italic*jugom, fromProto-Indo-European*yugóm.

Noun

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jug n (pluraljuguri)

  1. yoke

Declension

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Declension ofjug
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativejugjuguljugurijugurile
genitive-dativejugjuguluijugurijugurilor
vocativejugulejugurilor

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited fromProto-Slavic*jugъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jȕg m (Cyrillic spellingју̏г)

  1. south
    Antonyms:sȅver,sjȅver

Declension

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Declension ofjug
singular
nominativejug
genitivejuga
dativejugu
accusativejug
vocativejuže
locativejugu
instrumentaljugom

Related terms

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Descendants

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  • → Albanian:jug

See also

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NNWWSWSSEENE
sjeversjeverozapadzapadjugozapadnojugjugoistokistoksjeveroistok
severseverozapadishod
śever

Slovene

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Etymology

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FromProto-Slavic*jugъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jȗgorjȕg m inan

  1. south

Inflection

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Thediacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominativejúg
genitivejúga
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		júg
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		júga
dative
(dajȃlnik)		júgu
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		júg
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		júgu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		júgom
Thediacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominativejùg
genitivejúga
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		jùg
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		júga
dative
(dajȃlnik)		júgu
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		jùg
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		júgu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		júgom

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “jug”, inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene),2014–2025
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