jug

(jug)

noun

a sound meant to imitate a nightingale's note

Origin: echoic

intransitive verb jugged, jugging

to make a nightingale's sound or a sound imitating this

noun

    1. a container for liquids, usually large and deep with a small opening at the top and a handle
    2. the contents of such a container
  1. Slang a jail
  2. Slang a bottle of whiskey

Origin: apparently a pet form of Judith or Joan

transitive verb jugged, jugging

  1. to put into a jug
  2. to stew (esp. hare) in a covered earthenware container
  3. Slang to jail

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See jug in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. A large, often rounded vessel of earthenware, glass, or metal with a small mouth, a handle, and usually a stopper or cap.
    b. The amount that a jug can hold.
  2. A small pitcher.
  3. Slang A jail.
  4. jugs Vulgar Slang A woman's breasts.
transitive verb jugged jugged, jug·ging, jugs
  1. To stew (a hare, for example) in an earthenware jug or jar.
  2. Slang To put into jail.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English jugge

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