1British A cylindrical container with a handle and a lip, used for holding and pouring liquids.

1. 1.1North American A large container for liquids, with a narrow mouth and typically a stopper or cap.
   ‘From behind the fridge door, Allan peered out with his mouth leaving a soda jug.’
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   • ‘Do not, under any circumstances, place the juice in a jug, stopper the jug with a cork, and allow it to sit in a cool, dry place for eighteen to twenty-one days.’
   • ‘Ellie enters the room carrying a kettle and a jug containing milk.’
   • ‘The chapel was nothing less of a party house full of monks and sisters laughing and having a good time, sloshing around jars, jugs, and other containers full of wine.’
   • ‘Kerry campaign volunteers left the rally scene and returned with water cooler jugs and passed cups through the crowd.’
   • ‘We brought our own jugs and crocks to take the juice home in, and we'd fill them at the spigot on the holding tank.’
   • ‘He popped open a jug and poured cold liquid into a ceramic cup, handing it to me gently.’
   • ‘You could always find a milk jug or container at a house party.’
   • ‘I pointed at the water jug, a large container that once held orange juice.’
   • ‘A young woman appeared, thin and beautiful, carrying a tray with a jug and a plate.’
   • ‘Plastic jugs and bottles can be placed in the bins marked for glass, and for both plastic and glass, it is good to rinse out the bottles and remove the caps.’
   • ‘Safety rings on plastic containers and jugs have been a popular feature for years.’
   • ‘After I saved all the cans, bottles, jars, boxes and milk jugs for a month, I saw how much I was keeping out of a landfill and putting back into our system of natural resources, and I was amazed.’
   • ‘Thermoplastics are used to make plastic containers such as soda bottles and milk jugs.’
   • ‘The scope of jugs and bottles that are filled with dairy products, from fluid milk to yogurt-based smoothies to dairy-based nutrition or energy drinks, is truly wide today.’
   • ‘Finally, when it comes to jugs, bottles and cartons, some dairies find that tried and true works best, while others are constantly seeking out new technology.’
   • ‘They use plastic cups and Styrofoam cups or small water jugs.’
   • ‘You can make similar cloches out of plastic pop bottles or milk jugs.’
   • ‘Victor took the jug and dug a pitcher out of the cupboard.’
   • ‘As I spread Vegemite on my toast, Mum fills the jug and puts another mug out.’
   Synonyms

   pitcher, ewer, crock, jar, urn

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2. 1.2The contents of a jug.
   ‘she gave us a big jug of water’
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   • ‘Rees then used a jug of water to help the students visualise our common need for ‘spiritual cleansing’ from hatred and selfishness.’
   • ‘The inmate, who has not been identified, took a jug of boiling water mixed with sugar from a kitchen unit and was carrying it along a landing when challenged by an officer.’
   • ‘They order a jug of sangria, watching the Argentinian who, aware of his audience's renewed interest, is now performing an encore.’
   • ‘Warm a sugar thermometer in a jug of hot water to prevent it from breaking when inserted in the boiling marmalade.’
   • ‘Hazel came in from the kitchen with a fresh jug of coffee.’
   • ‘At many tavernas, a jug of both is brought at the start of the meal.’
   • ‘In one picture she's got a bunch of grapes, in the other she has a jug of wine that has spilled on to an exquisitely rendered cloth.’
   • ‘They mowed lawns, they painted each other's fishing boats and they bought a jug of beer and six straws to go around.’
   • ‘It was something brewed and created here, like a good beer or at least a jug of finely squeezed orange juice.’
   • ‘So he helped me to prepare a jug of lime juice with water, to which he added some sugar and salt.’
   • ‘But while I was there I was drawn over to the aisle with the spices as I needed a jug of olive oil for my pasta and pine nuts, too.’
   • ‘He offered to sign us to the fledgling Flying Nun over a jug of ale.’
   • ‘Moreover, thirsty visitors to Edinburgh in the 18th century would have been served not whisky or beer but a jug of claret, which was then regarded as our national drink.’
   • ‘Kostas, a local farmer, proudly offered us a jug of his explosive homemade wine and lamb and chicken, doused with herbs and garlic, were laid before us as an instant feast.’
   • ‘Unfortunately, the wine was almost unbearably sickly sweet, without any tartness or depth, and about as refreshing as a jug of syrup.’
   • ‘Then, at the wedding dinner the waitress spilt a jug of water all over the table which set the married couple's 2 year old off crying, so they ended up leaving.’
   • ‘Only a jug of water is said to be kept at his bedside.’
   • ‘For all that time, she ate nothing, for she was told she must fast, but each day, was allowed a jug of water in which barley had been soaked and fermented.’
   • ‘We insisted that a jug of tap water would be fine.’
   • ‘She threw a jug of water over the terrified victim.’

2the jug informal Prison.

3jugs vulgar slang A woman's breasts.

4

1Stew or boil (a hare or rabbit) in a covered container.

2North American informal Prosecute and imprison (someone)