lug
1 of 3verb
ˈləg 
lugged; lugging
transitive verb
1
: drag, pull
2
: to carry laboriously
lugged the bags to the car
3
: to introduce in a forced manner
lugs my name into the argument
intransitive verb
1
: to pull with effort : tug
2
: to move heavily or by jerks
the car lugs on hills
3
of a racehorse : to swerve from the course toward or away from the inside rail
lug
2 of 3noun (1)
1
archaic
a
: an act of lugging
b
: something that is lugged
c
: a shipping container for produce
2
: lugsail
3
lugs plural : superior airs or affectations
put on lugs
4
slang : an exaction of money —used in the phrase put the lug on
lug
3 of 3noun (2)
1
: something (such as a handle) that projects like an ear: such as
a
: a leather loop on a harness saddle through which the shaft passes
b
: a metal fitting to which electrical wires are soldered or connected
2
chiefly British : ear
3
: a ridge (as on the bottom of a shoe) to increase traction
4
: a nut used to secure a wheel on an automotive vehicle
called also lug nut
5
a
: a big clumsy fellow
b
: an ordinary commonplace person
Synonyms
Verb
- drag
- draw
- hale
- haul
- pull
- tow
- tug
Noun (2)
- clod
- clodhopper
- gawk
- hulk
- lout
- lubber
- lump
- Neanderthal
- oaf
- palooka
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Verb She had to lug her suitcases out to the car by herself. I was lugging a heavy camera around all day.
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English luggen to pull by the hair or ear, drag, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian lugga to pull by the hair
Noun (2)
Middle English (Scots) lugge, perhaps from Middle English luggen
First Known Use
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun (1)
1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Kids Definition
lug
verb
ˈləg
lugged; lugging
: to pull or carry with great effort
I lugged my bag to the bus.
lugging
verb
1
as in hauling
to cause to follow by applying steady force on lugged the lawn mower out into the backyard Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- hauling
- pulling
- dragging
- towing
- tugging
- carrying
- heaving
- drawing
- haling
- transporting
- attracting
- moving
- yanking
- jerking
- ferrying
- conveying
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- pushing
- driving
- shoving
- propelling
- thrusting
2
as in carrying
to support and take from one place to another I don't understand why he's always lugging all of his books around when his locker is right over there Synonyms & Similar Words
- carrying
- hauling
- transporting
- ferrying
- packing
- bringing
- sending
- toting
- carting
- conveying
- delivering
- bearing
- taking
- shipping
- transferring
- transmitting
- moving
- removing
- forwarding
- fetching
- shifting
- handing over