n. A vessel, usually made of earthenware, metal, or glass, of various sizes and shapes, and generally provided with a handle or ear, used for holding and conveying liquors; a drinking-vessel; a pitcher; a ewer; in the United States, specifically, an earthenware vessel with a swelling or a cylindrical body, a handle, and a narrow neck and orifice, usually stopped by a cork. As a quantity of ale or beer, a jug is usually a pint.n. A prison; a jail: often called the stone jug.n. A low woman.To put into a jug; cook by putting into a jug, and this into boiling water.To commit to jail; imprison.To nestle together; collect in a covey, as partridges: sometimes used as transitive with reflexive pronoun.To utter a particular sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.n. A sound fancied to resemble the note uttered by the nightingale and some other birds.n. An act of worship by a Brahman supposed to give him preternatural power.