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jug

See also: Jug

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English jugge, of uncertain origin. Possibly a variant of Middle English jubbe, jobbe, iubbe, geobbe, itself of unknown origin; or perhaps continuing (in altered form) Old English ċēac (“pitcher; jug”). Compare also jug (“a low woman, maidservant”), from Jug, familiar form of Joanna.

Noun

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A jug
 
A climber with two hands on a jug

jug (countable and uncountable, plural jugs)

  1. A serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, an ear handle and often a stopper or top.
  2. The amount 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 in jug do you?'
    • 1998, John Gunn, Dear Descendants: Recollections for a Gunn Family History 1945-1957, page 19:
      I was 'counsel for the defence', or 'prisoner's friend'. My chap had deserted for nearly two years and spent six months in a civvy jug. With papers under my arm and serious countenance I visited him in his cell day after day, […]
  4. (vulgar, slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breasts.
    • 1985, Epoch, Volumes 24-25:
      I was sucking my mom's left jug 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 right jug, 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 left jug, the better of a nearly perfect pair.
  5. (Australia, New Zealand) An upright electric kettle.
  6. (CB radio slang, chiefly in the plural) A kind of large, high-powered vacuum tube.
    • 2001, 73 Amateur Radio Today, numbers 482-493, page 8:
      […] as shown in the August 2000 issue, using a pair of my favorite jugs, 807s.
  7. (US, slang) The P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft.
  8. (climbing) A hold large enough for both hands
  9. (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
    Synonym: handle
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Terms derived from jug (noun)
Descendants
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  • → Welsh: jwg, jẁg, siwg
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Verb

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jug (third-person singular simple present jugs, present participle jugging, simple past and past participle jugged)

  1. (transitive) To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
    jugged hare
  2. (transitive, slang) To put into jail.
  3. (intransitive) To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
    • 1916, R. Austin Freeman, chapter 8, in The Exploits of Danby Croker:
      Down in the orchard a nightingale jug-jugged, as if he, too, had dropped into a soft billet.
  4. (intransitive, of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Blend of Jack Russell +‎ pug

Noun

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jug (plural jugs)

  1. A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a Jack Russell terrier and a pug.
    • 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 a Jug, a Jack Russell-Pug cross. We found out lots about this crossbreed, thought long and hard, and decided a Jug and a Spitz could work really well together.
    • 2014, Alan Kenworthy, Jugs: Buying, Caring For, Grooming, Health, Training and Understanding Your Jug 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, page 110:
      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 from Latin jugum (“yoke, tether”). A folk etymology claims that it is an acronym for "justice under God" or "judgment under God". [1][2]

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Noun

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jug (plural jugs)

  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’s Jug,” 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, page 27:
      I had another role that earned me almost no appreciation at all: I served as the master after classes in the JUG room, where students appeared when they received detention.
    • 2017 September, Tom Healey, “Jug 'Em with a Jugum”, in Lessons from Loyola Hall‎[5], Cleveland: Saint Ignatius High School, retrieved 2021-11-24:
      In days gone by jugs included the memorization of Shakespeare or the writing out of some well-known document like the Constitution.
    • 2018 October 16, Ted Slowik, “Slowik: Reunion reveals changes to high school, people and places in 35 years”, in Chicago Tribune‎[6], retrieved 2021-11-24:
      A common infraction that landed pupils in jug 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”, in The Jesuit Chronicle‎[7], Beaverton, Oregon: Jesuit High School, retrieved 2021-11-24:
      In addition to JUGs and disciplinary lectures, spats and hacks, paddles used to smack misbehaving students, often went with receiving a JUG.
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This is the preferred term for after-school detentions in Roman Catholic schools run by the Society of Jesus in the United States.

Verb

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jug (third-person singular simple present jugs, present participle jugging, simple past and past participle jugged)

  1. (US, Roman Catholicism, transitive) to issue a detention (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, page 60:
      Students would say they “got JUGged,” meaning they’d been disciplined by a teacher. Most of the time punishment entailed memorizing a passage of a text or an obscure snatch 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 been jugged 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 of juggernaut or an alteration of juke/jook. Compare juug.

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Verb

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jug (third-person singular simple present jugs, present participle jugging, simple past and past participle jugged)

  1. (slang) To hustle or make money, usually aggressively.
  2. (slang) To acquire or obtain through force; snatch, steal; to rob, especially in reference to jugging (which see).
    An old lady got jugged outside the bank last night on her way to her car.
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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Slavic *jùgъ (“south (wind)”)[1] (cf. South Slavic Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian jug (“south”)).

Noun

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jug m (definite jugu)

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

Declension

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Declension of jug
singular
indefinite definite
nominative jug jugu
accusative jugun
dat./abl. jugu jugut

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compass points:  [edit]

veriperëndim veri verilindje
perëndim   lindje
jugperëndim jug juglindje

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “jug”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 160

Further reading

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  • “jug”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[10], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “jug”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[11]

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin jugum, iugum, from Proto-Italic *jugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Noun

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jug n (plural juguri)

  1. yoke

Declension

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Declension of jug
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative jug jugul juguri jugurile
genitive-dative jug jugului juguri jugurilor
vocative jugule jugurilor
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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jugъ.

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Noun

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jȕg m (Cyrillic spelling ју̏г)

  1. south
    Antonyms: sȅver, sjȅver

Declension

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Declension of jug
singular
nominative jug
genitive juga
dative jugu
accusative jug
vocative juže
locative jugu
instrumental jugom
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Descendants

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  • → Albanian: jug

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N NW W SW S SE E NE
sjever sjeverozapad zapad jugozapadno jug jugoistok istok sjeveroistok
sever severozapad ishod
śever

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *jugъ.

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Noun

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jȗg or jȕg m inan

  1. south

Declension

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 The diacritics 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
nominative júg
genitive júga
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		júg
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		júga
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		júgu
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		júg
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		júgu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		júgom
 
 The diacritics 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
nominative jùg
genitive júga
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		jùg
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		júga
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		júgu
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		jùg
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		júgu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		júgom

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Further reading

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