jug

§English

§Etymology

From earlier jugge, a variant of jubbe, of unknown origin. Perhaps from jug (“a low woman, maidservant”), from Jug, familiar form of Joanna.

§Pronunciation

• enPR: jŭg, IPA^(key): /dʒʌɡ/
• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

§Noun

Gallon jugs of milk.

jug (plural jugs)

1. A serving vessel or container, circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, a handle and often a stopper or top.
2. The amount that a jug can hold.
3. (slang) Jail.
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 1608722449:

     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. (New Zealand) A kettle.

§Derived terms

Terms derived from jug (noun)

jug band

jug ears

measuring jug

§Translations

serving vessel

• Afrikaans: kan, beker
• Arabic: زير m (ziir)
• Armenian: կուժ (kuž), սափոր (sapʿor)
• Basque: txarro
• Catalan: gerra f
• Czech: džbán m, džbánek m
• Dalmatian: paila f
• Dutch: kan (nl) f, kruik (nl) f, m
• Esperanto: kruĉo
• Finnish: kannu (fi)
• French: cruche (fr) f
• German: Kanne (de) f, Krug (de) m
• Greek: κανάτι (el) n (kanáti)
• Hungarian: kanna (hu), kancsó (hu)
• Icelandic: kanna (is) f, krús f
• Italian: bricco m, brocca (it) f, bottiglione m, bidone (it) m
• Jèrriais: canne f, jougue f
• Macedonian: бокал m (bokal)
• Persian: کوزه (fa) (kuze)

• Polish: dzbanek (pl) m, dzban (pl)
• Portuguese: jarra (pt), caneca (pt)
• Romanian: urcior (ro) n, bidon (ro) n
• Russian: кувшин (ru) m (kuvšin), жбан (ru) m (žban) with a lid
• Scottish Gaelic: siuga f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: крчаг m, врч m, бокал m

  Roman: krčag m, vrč m, bokal m

• Slovene: bokal m, vrč (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kana f

• Sotho: jeke (st)
• Spanish: jarra (es)
• Swahili: jagi (sw)
• Swedish: kanna (sv) c
• Turkish: sürahi (tr)
• Volapük: luflad (vo)

amount a jug can hold

• Catalan: gerra f
• Czech: džbán m, džbánek m
• Dutch: kan (nl) f
• Finnish: kannullinen
• Icelandic: kanna (is) f, krús f
• Jèrriais: cannée f

• Macedonian: бокал m (bokal)
• Russian: кувшин (ru) m (kuvšin), жбан (ru) m (žban) with a lid
• Scottish Gaelic: siuga f
• Slovene: bokal m, vrč (sl) m
• Spanish: jarra (es)

slang: jail

• Czech: basa (cs) f, loch (cs) m
• Dutch: bak (nl) m
• Finnish: pytty (fi)

• German: Knast (de) m
• Icelandic: fangelsi (is) m, steininn m
• Italian: galera (it) f, prigione (it) f

vulgar slang: woman's breast

• Catalan: popa (ca) f, pitrera (ca) f
• Dutch: tet f
• Finnish: hinkit (fi) pl

• Icelandic: tútta f (túttur f pl), bobblingur m (bobblingar m pl)
• Italian: tette (it) f, boccie f
• Swedish: tutte (sv) c, patte (sv), pattar (sv) c pl

§External links

• Jug on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

§Verb

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.
4. (intransitive, of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.

§Translations

to stew in an earthenware

• Icelandic: sjóða í leirpotti, sjóða í leirpotti með loki

to put in jail

• Icelandic: fangelsa (is), setja í fangelsi, stinga í steininn, stinga inn, henda í fangelsi

• Italian: arrestare (it)

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§Albanian

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§Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian jug.

§Noun

jug m (definite singular jugu)

1. south

§Antonyms

• veri

§Derived terms

• jugor

§See also

• lindje
• perëndim

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§Lojban

§Rafsi

jug

1. rafsi of jungo.

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§Romanian

§Etymology

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

§Noun

jug n (plural juguri)

1. yoke

§Declension

declension of jug

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un jug	jugul	niște juguri	jugurile
genitive/dative	unui jug	jugului	unor juguri	jugurilor

§Related terms

• înjuga
• jugar
• jugastru
• dejuga

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§Serbo-Croatian

§Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jugъ

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jûɡ/

§Noun

jȕg m (Cyrillic spelling ју̏г)

1. south

§Declension

Declension of jug

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

§Antonyms

• (south): sȅver / sjȅver

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§Slovene

§Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jugъ.

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjúːk/, /ˈjúk/
• Tonal orthography: jȗg, jȕg

§Noun

júg or jùg m inan (genitive júga, uncountable)

1. south

§Declension

Declension of júg (masculine inan., hard o-stem)

	singular
nominative	júg
accusative	júg
genitive	júga
dative	júgu
locative	júgu
instrumental	júgom

Declension of jùg (masculine inan., hard o-stem)

	singular
nominative	jùg
accusative	jùg
genitive	júga
dative	júgu
locative	júgu
instrumental	júgom

§Derived terms

• Jugoslávija
• júžen
• júžina