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Entry 8 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Jug

/(jŭg)/ · IPA /d͡ʒʌɡ/
01 n. A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.
  1. 1.
    A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.
  2. 2.
    A pitcher; a ewer.[Eng.]
  3. 3.
    A prison; a jail; a lockup.[Slang]
  4. 4.
    A woman's breasts; as, nice jugs.[vulgar slang]
02 v. t. To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.
imp. & p. p. Jugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Jugging
  1. 1.
    To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.
  2. 2.
    To commit to jail; to imprison.[Slang]
03 v. i. To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
  1. 1.
    To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.(Zool.)
  2. 2.
    To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.