jug

English

Etymology

From Middle English jugge, iugge, 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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Example of 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?'

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. (New Zealand) A kettle.

Derived terms

Terms derived from jug (noun)

• jug band

• jug ears

• measuring jug

Translations

serving vessel

• Afrikaans: kan (af), beker
• Arabic: زِير‎ m (zīr)
• Armenian: կուժ (hy) (kuž), սափոր (hy) (sapʿor)
• Aromanian: ulcior n, poci, bot, budic, cavan, cãnatã, cingu, putets, potã, dud
• Azerbaijani: küpə, bardaq (az), səhəng
• Basque: txarro
• Belarusian: гарла́ч m (harláč), збан m (zban), жбан m (žban) (with a lid)
• Bulgarian: ка́на (bg) f (kána)
• Burmese: ဘူး (my) (bhu:), ကရား (my) (ka.ra:)
• Catalan: gerra f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水罐 (zh) (shuǐguàn), 罐子 (zh) (guànzi), 罐 (zh) (guàn)

• Czech: džbán (cs) m, džbánek m
• Dalmatian: paila f
• Dutch: kan (nl) f, kruik (nl) f, m
• Esperanto: kruĉo
• Estonian: kann (et)
• Finnish: kannu (fi)
• French: cruche (fr) f, carafe (fr) f, pichet (fr) m
• Georgian: დოქი (doki), გრაფინი (grapini) (decanter)
• German: Kanne (de) f, Krug (de) m
• Greek: κανάτι (el) n (kanáti)
• Hebrew: קַנְקַן‎ (he) m (qanqán)
• Hindi: जग (hi) m (jag), घड़ा (hi) m (ghaṛā)
• Hungarian: kanna (hu), kancsó (hu)
• Icelandic: kanna (is) f, krús f
• Irish: crúsca m
• Italian: bricco m, brocca (it) f, bottiglione (it) m, bidone (it) m, orcio (it) m
• Japanese: 水差し (みずさし, mizusashi), ジャグ (jagu)
• Kalmyk: буһш (buhş)
• Kazakh: құмыра (kk) (qumıra)
• Korean: 주전자 (ko) (jujeonja), 저그 (jeogeu)
• Kyrgyz: кумура (ky) (kumura)
• Lao: ກຸນໂທ (kun thō), ຄັນໂທ (khan thō), ອອມ (’ǭm), ອຸ (’u), ອຸ່ມ (’um), ເຕົ້າ (tao), ໂຖ (thō), ໂຫລ (lō)

• Latin: hirnea f
• Latvian: krūze (lv) f, kanna f
• Lithuanian: ąsotis (lt) m
• Macedonian: бокал m (bokal)
• Norman: canne f, jougue f
• Occitan: gèrla (oc), dorna, jarra (oc)
• Persian: کوزه‎ (fa) (kuze)
• Polish: dzbanek (pl) m, dzban (pl) m, gąsior (pl) m
• Portuguese: jarra (pt), caneca (pt)
• Romanian: urcior (ro) n, bidon (ro) n
• Russian: кувши́н (ru) m (kuvšín), жбан (ru) m (žban) (with a lid), графи́н (ru) m (grafín) (decanter)
• Scottish Gaelic: siuga f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: крчаг m, врч m, бокал m

  Roman: krčag (sh) m, vrč (sh) m, bokal (sh) m

• Slovak: džbán (sk) 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
• Tajik: кӯза (küza), куза (kuza)
• Tetum: lolo
• Thai: กระติก (grà-dtìk), กระปุก (th) (grà-bpùk), กุณฑี (th) (gun-tii), คนที (kon-tii), คนโท (kon-too), เหยือก (yʉ̀ʉak), กุมภ (th) (gum), เต้าน้ำ (dtâo-náam)
• Tibetan: ཆུ་སྣོད (chu snod)
• Turkish: sürahi (tr)
• Turkmen: küýze
• Ukrainian: глек m (hlek), гле́чик m (hléčyk), жбан m (žban), збан m (zban), джбан m (džban), дзбан m (dzban) (with a lid)
• Uyghur: ئاپتوۋا‎ (aptowa)
• Uzbek: koʻza (uz), kuvacha (uz)
• Vietnamese: bình (vi)
• Volapük: luflad (vo)

amount a jug can hold

• Catalan: gerra f
• Czech: džbán (cs) m, džbánek m
• Dutch: kan (nl) f
• Finnish: kannullinen
• Icelandic: kanna (is) f, krús f
• Macedonian: бокал m (bokal)

• Norman: cannée f
• Russian: кувши́н (ru) m (kuvšín), 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
• Spanish: truño (es)

vulgar slang: woman's breast

• Catalan: popa (ca) f, pitrera (ca) f
• Dutch: tet (nl) f
• Finnish: hinkit (fi) pl
• French: flotteur (fr) m

• 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

Further reading

• 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

Etymology

Borrowed 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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Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

jug n (plural juguri)

1. yoke

Declension

declension of jug

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) jug	jugul	(niște) juguri	jugurile
genitive/dative	(unui) jug	jugului	(unor) juguri	jugurilor
vocative	jugule		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

Related Terms

• Jugoslavija
• južni

Descendants

• → Albanian: jug

See also

N	NW	W	SW	S	SO	O	NO
sjever	sjeverozapad	zapad	jugozapadno	jug	jugoistok	istok	sjeveroistok
sever	severozapad					ishod
śever

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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

See also

N	NW	W	SW	S	SO	O	NO
sever	severozahod	zahod	jugovzhod	jug	jugozahod	vzhod	severovzhod