lug nut
Variant of lug
lug
definition
lug (lug)
transitive verb lugged, lugging lug′·ging
- to carry or drag (something heavy)
- 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
- Scot. an ear
- an earlike projection by which a thing is held or supported
- a loop on the side of a harness through which the shaft passes
- 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
- a shallow box for shipping fruit or produce
- any of a series of raised or projecting areas as on an automobile tire or the sole of a boot, for increasing traction
- ☆ Slang money exacted for political purposes: chiefly in put the lug on, to exact a contribution from
- Slang a fellow, esp. a loutish fellow
- Archaic the act of lugging
Etymology: < ?
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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