brig

Noun

1. A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
2. (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.

Verb

1. (US, dated, slang) To merely pretend to be occupied, to lollygag.
2. (US, dated, slang) To jail, to confine into the guardhouse.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹɪɡ/

Etymology

Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.

Synonyms

brigantine

gaol

prison

jail

confinement

cooler

coop

hock

hole

🕳️

hoosegow

jailhouse

jug

penitentiary

pokey

poky

quod

stir

prison house

dex

bagnio

jail house

bastille

calaboose

clink

Translations

brigantino

bergantín

bryg

brick

Brigg

brigue

bergantí

brigantin

brigantim

μπρίκι

γέφυρα

calabozo

brik

brik

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