jug

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jug/ʤʌɡ/

▶noun

• 1 Brit. a cylindrical container with a handle and a lip, for holding and pouring liquids.

  ■ N. Amer. a deep container for liquids, with a narrow mouth.

• 2 (the jug) informal prison.

• 3 (jugs) vulgar slang a woman's breasts.

▶verb (jugs, jugging, jugged)

• 1 (usu. as adj. jugged) stew or boil (a hare or rabbit) in a covered container.

• 2 N. Amer. informal prosecute and imprison.

– derivatives
jugful noun (pl. jugfuls).

– origin C16: perh. from Jug, familiar form of the given names Joan, Joanna, and Jenny.