Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

Definitioner

Substantiv

1. A serving vessel or container, circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, a handle and often a stopper or top.
2. The amount that a jug can hold.
3. (slang) Jail.
4. (vulgar, slang chiefly in the plural) A woman's breasts.
5. (New Zealand) A kettle.

Verb

1. (transitive) To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
2. (transitive, slang) To put into jail.
3. (intransitive) To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
4. (intransitive, of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.