Phrase Hound found 34 phrases and 45 compound words that contain jail. The most common are listed below. Open jail in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 34
- county jailSynonym of county prison.
- Jail time
- jail sentenceSynonym of prison sentence: Confinement in prison as punishment for a crime.
- under the jailImplying a person should be killed, or subject to a punishment more severe than an ordinary prison sentence, for their actions.
- jail fevertyphus spread in jails.
- jail cellA locked room to incarcerate an inmate in prison.
- black jailA facility in which individuals are detained by the state without access to legal process or representation.
- too big to jailToo important or powerful to be imprisoned for one's misdeeds.
- get out of jail free cardA certain privilege or advantage that provides relief from an undesirable situation or immunity from punishment or consequences.
- jail breakAn escape from prison.
- jail-birdsplural of jail-bird: A prisoner or an ex-prisoner.
- jail lockA kind of cast iron padlock.
- jail baitAlternative spelling of jailbait: A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive.
- movie jailA state of derailment of a career or limited opportunities to which a film industry professional is seemingly relegated, usually as a result of making an unsuccessful film.
- grippy sock jailA psychiatric facility.
- gay baby jailAn imprisonment or containment.
- jail fodderA person with criminal tendencies who is considered to be expendable, worth nothing more than to occupy a jail.
- jail purseA body cavity when used to store or smuggle things into jail.
- air jailThe act of holding a small animal (generally a dog or cat) in one’s hand in order to prevent it from getting into mischief.
- jail barsA display fault in which the picture is disrupted by evenly-spaced vertical bands.
- jail breaksplural of jail break: An escape from prison.
- jail cellsplural of jail cell: A locked room to incarcerate an inmate in prison.
- jail juiceSynonym of pruno: An improvised alcoholic drink typically produced in correctional facilities.
- jail schoolA school for juvenile delinquents.
- jail-birdAlternative spelling of jailbird: A prisoner or an ex-prisoner.
Compound words 45
- jailbreakAn escape from prison.
- jailhouseA building containing a prison.
- jailbaitA sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive.
- jailbirdA prisoner or an ex-prisoner.
- jaildomThe state or condition of being jailed; imprisonment
- jailwearClothes to be worn by inmates of a jail.
- jailfulEnough to fill a jail.
- jailableFor which one may be jailed.
- jaileeOne who is jailed; a prisoner.
- jailishResembling or characteristic of prison.