Jug
noun
A large container with a handle and a narrow neck, used for carrying or storing liquids.
She poured milk from the jug into a glass.
Often appears as...
- pour from a jug
- fill a jug
verb
Put someone in prison.
He was jugged for two years for theft.
Often appears as...
- jug someone for
- jug for theft
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A large sum of money.
He made a big jug from his recent project.
Often appears as...
- make a jug
- earn a jug
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
verb
To stew (especially meat) slowly in an oven or over a fire.
She jugged the rabbit in red wine and herbs.
Often appears as...
- jug in wine
- jug meat
Usage tips
Culinary
noun
A large container with a handle and a narrow neck, used for carrying or storing liquids.
She poured milk from the jug into a glass.
Often appears as...
- pour from a jug
- fill a jug
verb
Put someone in prison.
He was jugged for two years for theft.
Often appears as...
- jug someone for
- jug for theft
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A large sum of money.
He made a big jug from his recent project.
Often appears as...
- make a jug
- earn a jug
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
verb
To stew (especially meat) slowly in an oven or over a fire.
She jugged the rabbit in red wine and herbs.
Often appears as...
- jug in wine
- jug meat
Usage tips
Culinary
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Liquid Container
A jug is commonly used in the kitchen or for serving drinks.
Please pass the water jug.
Pro Tip 2/3Different Sizes
Jugs come in various sizes, but all have a spout for pouring.
I need a large jug for lemonade.
Pro Tip 3/3Material Variety
Jugs can be made of glass, plastic, or pottery.
The ceramic jug fell and shattered.
Pro Tip 1/3Liquid Container
A jug is commonly used in the kitchen or for serving drinks.
Please pass the water jug.
Pro Tip 2/3Different Sizes
Jugs come in various sizes, but all have a spout for pouring.
I need a large jug for lemonade.
Pro Tip 3/3Material Variety
Jugs can be made of glass, plastic, or pottery.
The ceramic jug fell and shattered.
Pro Tip 1/3Liquid Container
A jug is commonly used in the kitchen or for serving drinks.
Please pass the water jug.
Pro Tip 2/3Different Sizes
Jugs come in various sizes, but all have a spout for pouring.
I need a large jug for lemonade.
Pro Tip 3/3Material Variety
Jugs can be made of glass, plastic, or pottery.
The ceramic jug fell and shattered.
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Jason De León: Decoding...
helpful to get at these stories and then to combine them with the narratives of migrants themselves and we can able we can also use our key ology to look at change over time sometimes just a couple of years so in the beginning migrants used to carry around these big plastic water jugs that are very white and in
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The Real Amazons PIPE...
a deep impression on the greeks this difference did inspire admiration not imitation i found out about this when we were searching for images for adrian's magazine story one of my favorites wound up on the cover it was from a terracotta jug and the scene shows a woman thrusting a
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Biodiesel: The afterlife...
Preparing your used cooking grease for recycling is easy. First, let it cool down to room temperature. Then, transfer it to a clean container. You can use any old bottles you have lying around, like milk jugs, as long as they're completely empty, rinsed, and dried.
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A circular economy for...
to this one-gallon jug of fresh river water, suddenly, it becomes too salty to drink. So the point here is, because rivers, the volume is so small compared to the oceans, it is especially vulnerable to human activity, and we need to take care to protect them.
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The history of chocolate...
the king had 50 jugs of the drink brought out and poured into golden cups. When the colonists returned with shipments of the strange new bean, missionaries' salacious accounts of native customs gave it a reputation as an aphrodisiac.
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Why Care About Water? PIPE...
tiny share of all the water on Earth is fresh and renewed by the water cycle if you took all the water in the world and put it into a gallon jug less than one teaspoon of it would be available to us
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Bargaining for Boards PIPE...
have fun with it it's a good song okay he said 20 on that skillet - thank you what are you what in here please the two cuts two benches - water jug port fishnet over there now
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What triggers a chemical...
You know how sometimes you go to bake a cake but your bananas have all gone rotten, your utensils have rusted, you trip and pour all of your baking soda into the vinegar jug,
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Michael Pritchard: How...
The Lifesaver bottle works really simply. You just scoop the water up. Today I'm going to use a jug just to show you all. Let's get a bit of that poo in there.
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Feisal Abdul Rauf: Lose...
the boundaries of your ego dissolved. And at that minute, you felt at one with the universe -- one with that jug of water, one with every human being,
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Jason De León: Decoding...
helpful to get at these stories and then to combine them with the narratives of migrants themselves and we can able we can also use our key ology to look at change over time sometimes just a couple of years so in the beginning migrants used to carry around these big plastic water jugs that are very white and in
Video examples
The Real Amazons PIPE...
a deep impression on the greeks this difference did inspire admiration not imitation i found out about this when we were searching for images for adrian's magazine story one of my favorites wound up on the cover it was from a terracotta jug and the scene shows a woman thrusting a
Video examples
Biodiesel: The afterlife...
Preparing your used cooking grease for recycling is easy. First, let it cool down to room temperature. Then, transfer it to a clean container. You can use any old bottles you have lying around, like milk jugs, as long as they're completely empty, rinsed, and dried.
Video examples
A circular economy for...
to this one-gallon jug of fresh river water, suddenly, it becomes too salty to drink. So the point here is, because rivers, the volume is so small compared to the oceans, it is especially vulnerable to human activity, and we need to take care to protect them.
Video examples
The history of chocolate...
the king had 50 jugs of the drink brought out and poured into golden cups. When the colonists returned with shipments of the strange new bean, missionaries' salacious accounts of native customs gave it a reputation as an aphrodisiac.
Video examples
Why Care About Water? PIPE...
tiny share of all the water on Earth is fresh and renewed by the water cycle if you took all the water in the world and put it into a gallon jug less than one teaspoon of it would be available to us
Video examples
Bargaining for Boards PIPE...
have fun with it it's a good song okay he said 20 on that skillet - thank you what are you what in here please the two cuts two benches - water jug port fishnet over there now
Video examples
What triggers a chemical...
You know how sometimes you go to bake a cake but your bananas have all gone rotten, your utensils have rusted, you trip and pour all of your baking soda into the vinegar jug,
Video examples
Michael Pritchard: How...
The Lifesaver bottle works really simply. You just scoop the water up. Today I'm going to use a jug just to show you all. Let's get a bit of that poo in there.
Video examples
Feisal Abdul Rauf: Lose...
the boundaries of your ego dissolved. And at that minute, you felt at one with the universe -- one with that jug of water, one with every human being,
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Basil Bunting
British Poet
Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
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Rocco DiSpirito
American Chef
There are many great wine producers from all over the world making fantastic wines. Italian wines especially are making an enormous comeback after sometimes being labeled as inexpensive jug wines.
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Adam Ondra
Czechoslovakian Athlete
I thought I knew how to jug, but when you only jug 30 meters to the top of a sport climb, you don't need good technique. But jugging 400 meters, that's a big deal.
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Grandmaster Flash
American Musician
I went to junkyards, abandoned car lots. I asked supermarkets for the big jugs they put pig guts in, to make cabinets for my bass speakers.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice
American Model
My mother was harsh and constantly told me I had jug ears and heaven knows what else. But she was devoted and a hard worker.
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Delia Smith
British Entertainer
A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!
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Loudon Wainwright III
American Musician
I wasn't in a lot of rock and roll bands. I was in jug bands and things when I was in school.
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Omar Khayyam
Poet
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.
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Buddha
Leader
A jug fills drop by drop.
Quote examples
Basil Bunting
British Poet
Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
Quote examples
Rocco DiSpirito
American Chef
There are many great wine producers from all over the world making fantastic wines. Italian wines especially are making an enormous comeback after sometimes being labeled as inexpensive jug wines.
Quote examples
Adam Ondra
Czechoslovakian Athlete
I thought I knew how to jug, but when you only jug 30 meters to the top of a sport climb, you don't need good technique. But jugging 400 meters, that's a big deal.
Quote examples
Grandmaster Flash
American Musician
I went to junkyards, abandoned car lots. I asked supermarkets for the big jugs they put pig guts in, to make cabinets for my bass speakers.
Quote examples
Carmen Dell'Orefice
American Model
My mother was harsh and constantly told me I had jug ears and heaven knows what else. But she was devoted and a hard worker.
Quote examples
Delia Smith
British Entertainer
A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight.
Quote examples
Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!
Quote examples
Loudon Wainwright III
American Musician
I wasn't in a lot of rock and roll bands. I was in jug bands and things when I was in school.
Quote examples
Omar Khayyam
Poet
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.
Quote examples
Buddha
Leader
A jug fills drop by drop.
Example 1 of 10
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