different between jug vs juk

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?g, IPA^(key): /d????/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English jugge, iugge, of uncertain origin. Possibly a variant of Middle English jubbe, jobbe, iubbe, geobbe, itself of unknown origin; or perhaps continuing (in altered form) Old English ??ac (“pitcher; jug”). Compare also jug (“a low woman, maidservant”), from Jug, familiar form of Joanna.

Noun

jug (countable and uncountable, plural jugs)

1. A serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, an ear handle and often a stopper or top.
2. The amount that a jug can hold.
3. (slang) Jail.
   • 1988, Roald Dahl, Matilda

     'I'm telling you trade secrets,' the father said, 'So don't you go talking about this to anyone else. You don't want me put in jug do you?'

   • 1998, John Gunn, Dear Descendants: Recollections for a Gunn Family History 1945-1957 (page 19)

     I was 'counsel for the defence', or 'prisoner's friend'. My chap had deserted for nearly two years and spent six months in a civvy jug. With papers under my arm and serious countenance I visited him in his cell day after day, […]

4. (vulgar, slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breasts.
5. (New Zealand) A kettle.
6. (CB radio slang, chiefly in the plural) A kind of large, high-powered vacuum tube.
   • 2001, 73 Amateur Radio Today (issues 482-493, page 8)

     […] as shown in the August 2000 issue, using a pair of my favorite jugs, 807s.

7. (climbing) A hold large enough for both hands

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• jug on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

jug (third-person singular simple present jugs, present participle jugging, simple past and past participle jugged)

1. (transitive) To stew in an earthenware jug etc.

   jugged hare

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.

Translations

Etymology 2

Blend of Jack Russell +? pug

Noun

jug (plural jugs)

1. A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a Jack Russell terrier and a pug.
   • 2013, Lost & Found: True tales of love and rescue from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Penguin Group:

     When the dog’s owners returned with their shopping, I asked what the little dog was. She was a Jug, a Jack Russell-Pug cross. We found out lots about this crossbreed, thought long and hard, and decided a Jug and a Spitz could work really well together.

   • 2014, Alan Kenworthy, Jugs: Buying, Caring For, Grooming, Health, Training and Understanding Your Jug Dog or Puppy, Feel Happy Limited
   • 2015, George Hoppendale, Jugs: Jug Dog Complete Owners Manual - Jug book for care, costs, feeding, grooming, health and training, Internet Marketing Business
   • 2018, Cheryl Murphy, Dogs just wanna have FUN!, Veloce Publishing, page 110:

     Stanley ¶ Jug (Jack Russell/Pug cross); 18 months old; keeps fit chasing his ball or frisbee, but would rather be laid on his back, snoring

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Slavic *jùg? (“south (wind)”) (cf. South Slavic Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian jug (“south”)).

Noun

jug m (indefinite plural -, definite singular jugu, definite plural -)

1. south

Declension

Antonyms

• veri

Derived terms

• jugor

See also

• lindje
• perëndim
• jugë

References

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin jugum, iugum, from Proto-Italic *jugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Noun

jug n (plural juguri)

1. yoke

Declension

Related terms

• înjuga
• jugar
• jugastru
• dejuga

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jug?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jû?/

Noun

j?g m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. south

Declension

Antonyms

• (south): s?ver / sj?ver

Related terms

• Jugoslavija
• južni

Descendants

• ? Albanian: jug

See also

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jug?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jú?k/, /júk/

Noun

j?g or j?g m inan

1. south

Inflection

Derived terms

• Jugoslávija
• júžen
• júžina

Further reading

• “jug”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

English

Etymology

From Cantonese ? (juk1), Korean ? (?, juk)

Noun

juk (uncountable)

1. Congee.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:juk.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:dim sum

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch juk.

Noun

juk (plural jukke)

1. yoke

Derived terms

• jukskei
• roerjuk

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch joc, juc, from Old Dutch *juk, from Proto-Germanic *juk?, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. Compare German Joch, West Frisian jok, English yoke, Danish åg, Swedish ok.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

juk n (plural jukken, diminutive jukje n)

1. a yoke
2. a burden; something which represses or restrains a person.

Gothic

Romanization

juk

1. Romanization of ????????????

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?k/

Pronoun

jük

1. (personal pronoun, dative, accusative) Alternative form of jû.

Quechua

Alternative forms

• huk

Numeral

juk

1. one

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian *?u? (“leg, foot”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *?u? ~ *?u?? ~ *??? (“leg, foot”). Cognate with Khmer ??? (c??ng), Bahnar j??ng, Mon ????? and Vietnamese chân. Munda cognates include Santali ????? (ja?ga).

Noun

juk

1. (Anatomy) leg

References

Volapük

Noun

juk (nominative plural juks)

1. shoe

Declension

Derived terms

• jukel
• jukön