Phrase Hound found 27 phrases and 32 compound words that contain jug. The most common are listed below. Open jug in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 27
- milk jugA jug for holding milk.
- jug bandA group of rustic musicians, specializing in bluegrass or folk music, whose instruments include empty jugs, bottles, and similar containers of various sizes which produce musical sounds when the player blows across the openings at the tops …
- claret jugA narrow-necked fancy jug for holding claret.
- jug earsEars whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.
- jug bandsplural of jug band: A group of rustic musicians, specializing in bluegrass or folk music, whose instruments include empty jugs, bottles, and similar containers of various sizes which produce musical sounds when the player blows across the …
- jug wineInexpensive table wine, typically bottled in a glass jug.
- jug winesplural of jug wine: Inexpensive table wine, typically bottled in a glass jug.
- measuring jugA wide-mouthed jug, normally of glass, with graduations up the side, for measuring liquids.
- puzzle jugA trick jug with a perforated neck and hidden tube, designed as a game in which a drinker is challenged to drink its contents without spilling.
- stone jugA prison.
- Toby jugA pottery jug in the form of a seated man wearing a tricorn hat and holding a mug of beer.
- water jugA jug used to hold water.
- little brown jugA low-growing plant native to the eastern US with inconspicuous green or brown flowers shaped like tiny jugs, Hexastylis arifolia.
- Bartmann jugA bellarmine.
- jug-earedHaving ears that stick out from the sides of the head.
- the jug goes to the well until it breaksEven though something can be used well at the moment, it will eventually break down as everything does.
- jug holdA large climbing hold that is big enough to wrap a hand around, similar to the handle of a jug.
- jug holdsplural of jug hold: A large climbing hold that is big enough to wrap a hand around, similar to the handle of a jug.
- jug-heavyA safecracker.
- love jugA female breast.
- pumpkin jugSynonym of shepherd's gourd: A traditional, often hourglass-shaped container for carrying water, originally made from a hollowed-out, dried gourd; later copied in clay and ceramic, featuring a wide neck for tying a rope, serving as an …
- jug-heaviesplural of jug-heavy: A safecracker.
- put the plug in the jugTo cease drinking alcohol; to become teetotal.
- puts the plug in the jugthird-person singular simple present indicative of put the plug in the jug: To cease drinking alcohol; to become teetotal.
- putting the plug in the jugpresent participle and gerund of put the plug in the jug
Compound words 32
- jugheadA fool.
- jughandleThe handle of a jug.
- jugfulAs much as a jug will hold.
- jugwareJugs collectively.
- juglikeResembling or characteristic of a jug (serving vessel).
- jugfishThe swellfish or swelltoad.
- juglineA kind of trotline using an empty jug (such as a bleach jug) as a float at one end of the line, the other end either free-floating or anchored with a weight.
- juglansThe walnut and similar trees of the genus Juglans
- milkjugAlternative form of milk jug: A jug for holding milk.
- jugletAn ancient container for liquids, similar to but smaller than modern-day jugs.