Usually means: Container for holding and pouring liquids.
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We found 46 dictionaries that define the word jug:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. jug: Merriam-Webster
  2. jug, the jug: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jug: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jug: Collins English Dictionary
  5. jug: Vocabulary.com
  6. Jug, jug: Wordnik
  7. jug: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. jug: Wiktionary
  9. jug: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. jug: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. jug: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Jug, jug: Dictionary.com
  13. jug: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. jug: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Jug (album), Jug (container), Jug (disambiguation), Jug (instrument), Jug (musical instrument), Jug, The Jug: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Jug: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. jug: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. jug: Rhymezone
  19. jug: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. jug: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. jug: FreeDictionary.org
  22. jug: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. jug: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. jug: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. jug: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Jug: Cooking Dictionary
  3. A Faulkner Glossary (No longer online)
  4. jug-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jug: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. jug-: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. JUG: Acronym Finder
  3. JUG: Three Letter Words with definitions
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. jug: Idioms

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Jug: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. jug, jug, jug, jug, jug, jug, jug, jug, jug, jug, jug, Jug: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Jug: Urban Dictionary
  3. Jug: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See jugged as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  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.
noun:  The amount that a jug can hold.
noun:  (slang) Jail.
noun:  (vulgar, slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breasts.
noun:  (New Zealand) An upright electric kettle.
noun:  (CB radio slang, chiefly in the plural) A kind of large, high-powered vacuum tube.
noun:  (US, slang) The P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft.
noun:  (climbing) A hold large enough for both hands
noun:  (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
verb:  (transitive) To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
verb:  (transitive, slang) To put into jail.
verb:  (intransitive) To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
verb:  (intransitive, of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.
noun:  A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a Jack Russell terrier and a pug.
noun:  (US, Roman Catholicism, countable or uncountable) detention (after-school student punishment)
verb:  (US, Roman Catholicism, transitive) to issue a detention (to a student)
verb:  (slang) To hustle or make money, usually aggressively.
verb:  (slang) To acquire or obtain through force; snatch, steal; to rob, especially in reference to jugging (which see).

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