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jug ears

Ears that stick out markedly from the side of the head, thus resembling the handles of a jug. At first I thought his jug ears were pretty goofy-looking, but I've actually come to regard them as quite cute!

See also: ear, jug

jug-eared

Having ears that stick out markedly from the side of the head, thus resembling the handles of a jug. I was pretty goofy-looking as a kid, jug-eared, bespectacled, and lanky as I was.

put a/the plug in the jug

To become permanently sober; to give up intoxicants, especially alcohol. (Alludes to plugging up a jug of an alcoholic beverage.) I've always loved my dad, but he's become a much friendlier and sympathetic person since finally putting the plug in the jug. It took me waking up in a ditch and covered in vomit to realize that I needed to put a plug in the jug for good.

See also: jug, plug, put

jugged (up)

Sl. intoxicated. I'm not jugged up. I'm not even tipsy. Fred was too jugged to drive home.

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federal jug

n. a federal prison. (see also jug.) Lefty is fresh and sweet—just out of the federal jug.

See also: federal, jug

jug

1. n. jail. (Usually with the.) Take it easy. I don’t want to end up in the jug.

2. n. a jug of liquor; a jar of moonshine; a can of beer. Where’s my jug? I need a swig.

3. and jug up in. to drink heavily. (see also jugger.) We jugged up till about noon and then went to sleep. Let’s get down to some serious jugging.

4. n. a glass vial of liquid amphetamine intended for injection. (Drugs.) His mother found a jug and took it to a drugstore to find out what it was.

5. n. the jugular vein, used for the injection of narcotics. (Drugs.) He’s even got scars on his jugs.

6. n. a breast. (Usually plural. Usually objectionable.) Look at the jugs on that babe!

jug up

verb

See jug

See also: jug, up

jug wine

n. cheap wine that is sold in volume, usually in gallon jugs. We’re having a little do tomorrow—nothing special. A little jug wine and chips.

See also: jug, wine

jugged (up)

mod. alcohol intoxicated. I’m not jugged up. I’m not even tipsy.

See also: jug, up

jugged

verb

See jugged up

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