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1. A large bottle with a narrow mouth
    
2. The quantity contained in a jug
   - jugful
    
3. [Brit] (slang) a prison
   "he's in the jug";
   - nick [Brit], quod [Brit]

1. [N. Amer] (law) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
   "The suspects were jugged without trial";
   - imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, gaol [Brit], put away, remand, prison [archaic]
    
2. (cooking) stew in an earthenware jug
   "jug the rabbit"

Derived forms: jugging, jugged, jugs

Type of: bottle, confine, containerful, detain, prison, prison house, stew

Encyclopedia: Jug