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lug (lug)

transitive verb lugged, lugging lug′·ging

  1. to carry or drag (something heavy)
  2. to introduce (a topic, story, etc.) without good reason into a conversation or discourse

Etymology: ME luggen, prob. < Scand, as in Swed lugga, to pull, lit., pull by the hair < lugg, forelock

intransitive verb

Horse Racing to veer slightly from a direct course the favorite lugged in toward the rail

noun

  1. Scot. an ear
  2. an earlike projection by which a thing is held or supported
  3. a loop on the side of a harness through which the shaft passes
  4. any of the heavy bolts which extend out from an axle hub or a disc brake, used, with a lug nut, to mount a wheel
  5. a shallow box for shipping fruit or produce
  6. any of a series of raised or projecting areas as on an automobile tire or the sole of a boot, for increasing traction
  7. Slang money exacted for political purposes: chiefly in put the lug on, to exact a contribution from
  8. Slang a fellow, esp. a loutish fellow
  9. Archaic the act of lugging

Etymology: < ?

lug2 definition

lug (lug)

noun

lug3 definition

lug (lug)

noun

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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