lug
verb
[ lʌɡ ]
• carry or drag (a heavy or bulky object) with great effort.
• "she began to lug her suitcase down the stairs"
Similar:
carry,
lift,
bear,
tote,
heave,
hoist,
shoulder,
manhandle,
haul,
drag,
pull,
tug,
tow,
transport,
move,
take,
bring,
convey,
shift,
fetch,
hump,
schlep,
humph,
lug
noun
• a box or crate used for transporting fruit.
• "a truck piled high with wooden lugs of grapes"
Origin:
late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin: compare with Swedish lugga ‘pull a person's hair’ (from lugg ‘forelock’).
lug
noun
• a person's ear.
• "I couldn't hear what they were saying with that leather over my lugs"
• a projection on an object by which it may be carried or fixed in place.
• "mount the fitting directly to the lugs at each side of the box"
• a loutish man.
• "he plays a hood who, despite his fancy clothes, remains a lug"
Origin:
late 15th century (denoting the ear flap of a hat): probably of Scandinavian origin: compare with Swedish lugg ‘forelock, nap of cloth’. lug2 (sense 3 of the noun) is perhaps from the 19th-century term denoting the lowest grade of tobacco.
lug
noun
• short for lugworm.
