jug
jug is a 3-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.
- noun. A pitcher; a ewer.
- noun. A prison; a jail; a lockup.
- transitive verb. To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.
- transitive verb. To commit to jail; to imprison.
- intransitive verb. To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
- intransitive verb. To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.
- noun. a large bottle with a narrow mouth
- noun. the quantity contained in a jug
- verb. stew in an earthenware jug
"jug the rabbit"
- verb. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
"The suspects were imprisoned without trial"
"the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
Synonyms
jugful, gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lag, remand
Common word forms
jugs, jugal, juger, jugful, jugged, jugger, jugging
Words from these letters
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