jug

Meaning

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.
4. (slang) A woman's breasts.
5. An upright electric kettle.
6. A kind of large, high-powered vacuum tube.
7. A nickname for the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft.
8. A hold large enough for both hands
9. (informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.

pitcher

earthenware jar

put behind bars

water pot

jail house

seismic geophone

rugged face

cruse

steam cylinder

stoup

drinking glass

earthenware pot

pitcherful

geophone

wine-cup

rough surface

seismic detector

mat surface

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒʌɡ/

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.

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