Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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jug 1. n. jail. (Usually with the.) Ta k e i t
easy. I don’t want to end up in the jug. 
A couple of days in the jug would do you
fine. 2. n. a jug of liquor; a jar ofmoon-
shine;a can of beer. Where’s my jug? I
need a swig. Pass her the jug, Sam. 3.
and jug upin. to drink heavily. (See also
jugger.) Let’s jug up and have a good
time. We jugged till about noon and
then went to sleep. 4. n. a glass vial of liq-
uid amphetamine intended for injection.
(Drugs.) His mother found a jug and
took it to a drugstore to find out what it
was. Any kid can get jugs just by asking
around. 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 objec-
tionable.) Look at the jugs on that babe!


jugged (up)mod. alcohol intoxicated. 
I’m not jugged up. I’m not even tipsy. 
Fred was too jugged to drive home.


juggern. an alcoholic; a drunkard. A
couple of old juggers sat in the alley, trying
to figure out how to get some more. He’s
a jugger, and he will never change.


jughead 1. n. a stupid person. You can
be such a jughead! I guess I’m sort of a
jughead lately. 2. n. a drunkard. Buy
the jughead a drink. That’ll shut him up.
You don’t see jugheads at parties as
much as you used to.


jug upGo to jug.


jug winen. cheap wine that is sold in vol-
ume, usually in gallon jugs. We’re hav-
ing a little do tomorrow—nothing special.
A little jug wine and chips. Can you stop
by the juice shop and nick some jug wine?


juice 1. n. liquor; wine. Let’s go get some
juice and get stewed. You got any juice
in your room? 2. in. to drink heavily. 
Both of them were really juicing. Stop
juicing and listen to me. 3. n. electricity.
The juice has been off since dawn. 
Turn on the juice, and let’s see if it runs.



  1. n. energy; power; political influence.
    The boss has the juice with the board to
    make the necessary changes. Dave left
    the president’s staff because he just didn’t
    have the juice anymore to be useful. 5. n.


orange juice futures market. (Securities
markets. Usually with the.) The juice
opened a little high today, but fell quickly
under profit taking. It’s time to sell the
juice and buy bellies. 6. n. anabolic ste-
roids. Fred used too much juice and is
growing witch tits.

juice freakn. someone who prefers alco-
hol to drugs. (Drugs.) Freddy is a juice
freak. He won’t touch dolls. Juice freaks
end up with addictions, too.

juicehead and juicern. a heavy drinker;
a drunkard. Hank is turning into a re-
gular juicehead. The tavern is always
filled with juicers on Friday night.

juice housen. a liquor store. Would you
stop by the juice house for some foam? 
The juice house was held up last night.

juice jointn. a liquor establishment; a
speakeasy. (Prohibition.) His grandfa-
ther ran a juice joint during prohibition.
The cops raided the juice joints over and
over.

juicerGo to juicehead.

juice racketn. a racket where exorbitant
interest is charged on loans. (Under-
world.) The cops got one of the leaders
of the juice racket. The juice racket is no
picnic, I guess.

juice something backtv. to drink alcohol.
He’s been juicing it back since noon. T
Juice back your drink, and let’s go.

juicymod. alcohol intoxicated. Mary is
just a little bit juicy, I’m afraid. She’s so
juicy she can’t stand up!

jump 1. tv. to attack someone. (General
slang.) The gang jumped the old man
and robbed him. The dope addicts will
jump anybody for a few bucks to buy
drugs. 2. tv. to copulate [with] someone.
(Usually objectionable.) He was so
horny, I just knew he was gonna try to
jump me.

jump bailtv. to fail to show up in court and
forfeit bail. Lefty jumped bail, and now
he’s a fugitive. Once you’ve jumped bail,
everybody is after you.

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