🫙 A large container 🥛 A full amount 🍲 To stew food 🚔 To jail

to jug

9.9

To cook meat slowly in a covered pot with liquid

verb
/dʒʌg/

Archaic

: estofar

Many old English cookbooks include instructions for how to jug game birds or small animals.

Examples

The chef will jug the hare with a rich red wine sauce for tonight's special.
Traditionally, people would jug rabbit to tenderize the meat and enhance the flavor.
I will jug the vegetables for tonight's stew.
She jugs the chicken with herbs and broth.
The chef will jug the hare with a rich red wine sauce for tonight's special.
Traditionally, people would jug rabbit to tenderize the meat and enhance the flavor.
I will jug the vegetables for tonight's stew.

Synonyms

to braise

vsto jug

Specialized

18 5.4

Cook meat or vegetables slowly in a little liquid in a covered pan

describes cooking in a container with liquid without requiring slow cooking

Compounds

water jug

3 1.0

A container for holding and pouring water

jug band

1 7.9

A group that plays music with jugs, washboards, and other homemade instruments

jug wine

1 4.3

A cheap wine that comes in large bottles and is usually low quality

jug-eared

Offensive

1 8.2

A person with large ears that stick out from the head

Toby Fillpot jug

9.9

A ceramic drinking mug shaped like a short man wearing a tricorn hat

toby jug

Archaic

9.9

A large mug shaped like a man wearing a three-cornered hat used to serve beer

whiskey jug

3.5

A container for holding or serving whiskey

Surface Forms

jug infinitive

jugged past

jugged past participle

jugging present participle

jugs third person singular

Etymology

To jug (cook) comes from the old practice of stewing meat inside a closed pot or jug, so the food slowly cooks in liquid; that's why jug can mean 'to cook in a covered container'.