jug
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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.
Noun
editjug (countable and uncountable, plural jugs)
- 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.
- The amount that a jug can hold.
- (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?'
- 1998, John Gunn, Dear Descendants: Recollections for a Gunn Family History 1945-1957, page 19:
- I was 'counsel for the defence', or 'prisoner's friend'. My chap had deserted for nearly two years and spent six months in a civvy jug. With papers under my arm and serious countenance I visited him in his cell day after day, […]
- (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.
- (New Zealand) An upright electric kettle.
- (CB radio slang, chiefly in the plural) A kind of large, high-powered vacuum tube.
- 2001, 73 Amateur Radio Today, numbers 482-493, page 8:
- […] as shown in the August 2000 issue, using a pair of my favorite jugs, 807s.
- (US, slang) The P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft.
- (climbing) A hold large enough for both hands
- (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
- Synonym: handle
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editVerb
editjug (third-person singular simple present jugs, present participle jugging, simple past and past participle jugged)
- (transitive) To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
- jugged hare
- (transitive, slang) To put into jail.
- (intransitive) To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
- 1916, R. Austin Freeman, chapter 8, in The Exploits of Danby Croker:
- Down in the orchard a nightingale jug-jugged, as if he, too, had dropped into a soft billet.
- (intransitive, of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.
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Etymology 2
editBlend of Jack Russell + pug
Noun
editjug (plural jugs)
- A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a Jack Russell terrier and a pug.
- 2013, Lost & Found: True tales of love and rescue from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Penguin Group:
- When the dog’s owners returned with their shopping, I asked what the little dog was. She was a Jug, a Jack Russell-Pug cross. We found out lots about this crossbreed, thought long and hard, and decided a Jug and a Spitz could work really well together.
- 2014, Alan Kenworthy, Jugs: Buying, Caring For, Grooming, Health, Training and Understanding Your Jug Dog or Puppy, Feel Happy Limited
- 2015, George Hoppendale, Jugs: Jug Dog Complete Owners Manual - Jug book for care, costs, feeding, grooming, health and training, Internet Marketing Business
- 2018, Cheryl Murphy, Dogs just wanna have FUN!, Veloce Publishing, page 110:
- Stanley ¶ Jug (Jack Russell/Pug cross); 18 months old; keeps fit chasing his ball or frisbee, but would rather be laid on his back, snoring
Etymology 3
editProbably from Latin jugum (“yoke, tether”). A folk etymology claims that it is an acronym for "justice under God" or "judgment under God". [1][2]
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editNoun
editjug (plural jugs)
- (US, Roman Catholicism, countable or uncountable) detention (after-school student punishment)
- 1970, Kenneth H. Brown, The Narrows[3], New York City: The Deal Press, via Google Books:
- “Take a week’s Jug,” he said, “and keep your nose clean.”
- 2017 June 12, Stephen, N., S.J. Katsouros, Come To Believe: How the Jesuits are Reinventing Education (Again)[4], Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, via Google Books, →ISBN, page 27:
- I had another role that earned me almost no appreciation at all: I served as the master after classes in the JUG room, where students appeared when they received detention.
- 2017 September, Tom Healey, “Jug 'Em with a Jugum”, in Lessons from Loyola Hall[5], Cleveland: Saint Ignatius High School, retrieved 2021-11-24:
- In days gone by jugs included the memorization of Shakespeare or the writing out of some well-known document like the Constitution.
- 2018 October 16, Ted Slowik, “Slowik: Reunion reveals changes to high school, people and places in 35 years”, in Chicago Tribune[6], retrieved 2021-11-24:
- A common infraction that landed pupils in jug was getting caught using a stairwell that was reserved for use by faculty and other adults.
- 2020 March 8, Steele Clevenger, “A Look Back at JUGs”, in The Jesuit Chronicle[7], Beaverton, Oregon: Jesuit High School, retrieved 2021-11-24:
- In addition to JUGs and disciplinary lectures, spats and hacks, paddles used to smack misbehaving students, often went with receiving a JUG.
Usage notes
editThis is the preferred term for after-school detentions in Roman Catholic schools run by the Society of Jesus in the United States.
Verb
editjug (third-person singular simple present jugs, present participle jugging, simple past and past participle jugged)
- (US, Roman Catholicism, transitive) to issue a detention (to a student)
- 2007 June 19, Julia Flynn Siler, The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty[8], New York City: Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 60:
- Students would say they “got JUGged,” meaning they’d been disciplined by a teacher. Most of the time punishment entailed memorizing a passage of a text or an obscure snatch of poetry.
- 2009, Anthony Varallo, This Day in History[9], Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, via Google Books, →ISBN, page 6:
- The first time I met Ben was in after-school detention. He’d been jugged for faking his mom’s signature, and I was serving for clapping erasers in the hallway.
Etymology 4
editOrigin uncertain. Perhaps a shortening of juggernaut or an alteration of juke/jook. Compare juug.
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editVerb
editjug (third-person singular simple present jugs, present participle jugging, simple past and past participle jugged)
- (slang) To hustle or make money, usually aggressively.
- (slang) To acquire or obtain through force; snatch, steal; to rob, especially in reference to jugging (which see).
- An old lady got jugged outside the bank last night on her way to her car.
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editAlbanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Proto-Slavic *jùgъ (“south (wind)”)[1] (cf. South Slavic Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian jug (“south”)).
Noun
editjug m (plural -, definite jugu, definite plural -)
Declension
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editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “jug”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 160
Romanian
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin jugum, iugum, from Proto-Italic *jugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.
Noun
editjug n (plural juguri)
Declension
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editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *jugъ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjȕg m (Cyrillic spelling ју̏г)
Declension
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editDescendants
edit- → Albanian: jug
See also
editN | NW | W | SW | S | SE | E | NE |
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sjever | sjeverozapad | zapad | jugozapadno | jug | jugoistok | istok | sjeveroistok |
sever | severozapad | ishod | |||||
śever |
Slovene
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Slavic *jugъ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjȗg or jȕg m inan
Inflection
editMasculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
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nominative | júg | |
genitive | júga | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
júg | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
júga | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
júgu | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
júg | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
júgu | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
júgom |
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
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nominative | jùg | |
genitive | júga | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
jùg | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
júga | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
júgu | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
jùg | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
júgu | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
júgom |
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editFurther reading
edit- “jug”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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