different between jug vs thermos

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 1

From Thermos, a trademarked name, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thermós, “warm”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????.m?s/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /???.m?s/

Noun

thermos (plural thermoses)

1. A bottle, flask or similar vessel having a vacuum between its inner and outer silvered walls; designed to maintain the temperature of its contents

Synonyms

• vacuum flask

Translations

See also

• dewar

Further reading

• thermos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ?????? (thérmos).

Noun

thermos (plural thermoi)

1. (historical) A unit of measure whose identification remains very unclear.

Anagrams

• moth-ers, mothers, smother

French

Etymology

Genericized trademark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.mos/, /t??.m?s/

Noun

thermos m (plural thermos)

1. thermos

Further reading

• “thermos” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).