a large container usually made of earthenware, metal, or glass, commonly having a handle, a narrow neck, and sometimes a cap or cork.

the contents of such a container; jugful

a jug of wine.

Slang . jail; prison.

jugs, Slang

Vulgar a woman's breasts.

to put into a jug.

to stew (meat) in an earthenware jug.

Slang . to put in jail; imprison.

noun

amphora , beaker , bottle , bucket , canteen , carafe , crock , cruet , decanter , ewer , flagon , flask , growler , hooker , jar , pitcher , pot , tub , urn , vase , vessel , brig , house of correction , keep , penitentiary , prison , bellarmine , calaboose , can , container , cooler , demijohn , jail , lockup , long-beard , olla , stir , toby