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Jug (Verb)

Meaning 1

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".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Examples

  • After his conviction, Jenkins was jugged in a local cell to await further questioning.
  • His involvement in the bank robbery landed Drake jugged without access to a lawyer for several days.
  • Witnesses reported that Brown had done time, being jugged by the police more than five times within twelve months.
  • Ross got jugged once more due to failure in paying the total fine.
  • Underground information indicated that Jake used a fake identity to avoid getting jugged by the rival gang.

Synonyms

  • Jail
  • Imprison
  • Immure
  • Put Away
  • Incarcerate
  • Lag
  • Put Behind Bars
  • Remand
  • Gaol

Hypernyms

  • Detain
  • Confine

Meaning 2

Stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Examples

  • She expertly jugged the rabbit by slow-cooking it in a rich stew within an earthenware jug over the campfire.
  • The strong flavors in the stew that jugged the rabbit helped to tenderize the meat.
  • Jugging the rabbit was a skill passed down from generations of her family's cooks.
  • To make the stew more authentic, she decided to jug the rabbit in a traditional earthenware vessel.
  • The old earthenware jug perfectly suited the task of jugging the rabbit over the open flame.

Related Words

  • Jug (noun)
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