The difference between Hoosegow and Jail

When used as nouns, hoosegow means a jail, whereas jail means a place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

Jail is also verb with the meaning: to imprison.

check bellow for the other definitions of Hoosegow and Jail

  1. Hoosegow as a noun (US, slang):

    A jail.

  1. Jail as a noun:

    A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

  2. Jail as a noun (uncountable):

    Confinement in a jail.

  3. Jail as a noun (horse racing):

    The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).

  4. Jail as a noun:

    In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.

  5. Jail as a noun (computing, [[FreeBSD]]):

    A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.

  1. Jail as a verb:

    To imprison.

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