Jug Meaning
/d͡ʒʌɡ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA 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.
nounThe amount that a jug can hold.
Sentence Examples
A jug fills drop by drop.
This little jug is historic; it's more than eighty years old.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She quickly went to the kitchen and poured fresh water from the ____ into a small glass.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She poured some cold milk from a large glass ____ into her coffee before drinking it this morning.
Word Origin & History
From 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. Prison sense attested from at least 1825 in Britain.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"'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?'"
— 1988, Roald Dahl, Matilda:
"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, […]"
— 1998, John Gunn, Dear Descendants: Recollections for a Gunn Family History 1945-1957, page 19:
"I was sucking my mom's left jug when I heard JD say, "Now we will experience the burden of the past.""
— 1985, Epoch, Volumes 24-25:
"With her left hand on her right jug, she put her mouth to her other tit."
— 2010, Ben Niemand, The Sexperts, →ISBN:
"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."
— 2010, David Mason, Devil's food:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She quickly went to the kitchen and poured fresh water from the ____ into a small glass.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She poured some cold milk from a large glass ____ into her coffee before drinking it this morning.