From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishluglug1 /lʌɡ/ verb (lugged, lugging) [transitive] informal CARRYPULLto pull or carry something heavy with difficultylug something around It’s a huge book, not something you’d like to lug around.lug something up/into/onto etc something She began to lug her suitcase up the stairs.→ See Verb table
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lug• Some parks have fireplaces that make a grilled meal possible without lugging a hibachi along.• And to save lugging a vacuum cleaner upstairs, the flat has an outlet for the Univac Central Vacuum System.• Sell they did, so much so that Holzman eventually was able to give up lugging everything down to the market.• In order to avoid a major rebellion, Father eventually gave in and lugged my piece of wood all the way to Berwickshire.• We lugged our suitcases up the hotel steps.• Then I lug the carboy back up the hill and set it down next to the cast-iron sink.• I've got enough to carry without lugging your bags as well.luglug2 noun [countable] 1 HOLDSTICK OUT[usually plural] a part of something that sticks out and can be used as a handle or a support2 British English humorousHBH an ear SYN lughole3 American EnglishSTUPID/NOT SENSIBLE a rough, stupid, or awkward person You big lug!Examples from the Corpus
lug• Langley Point and White Horses producing a few whiting and dabs to black lug.• Note the solder tag at one of the T1 fixing lugs.• A good ground is easy to find; hoisting lugs on the engine or the alternator mounting brackets make good grounds.• Beadness Sker produced cod into double-figures on lug and frozen crab.• On occasion they rested on lugs left intact by the workman when stripping off the branches.• That is the laird's lug!Origin lug1 (1400-1500) Probably from a Scandinavian language lug2 (1900-2000) Probably from lunk; LUNKHEAD 