Lug
[lʌg] or [lʌɡ]
Definition
(noun.) a projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something.
(noun.) ancient Celtic god.
(verb.) carry with difficulty; 'You'll have to lug this suitcase'.
Checked by Clifton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The ear, or its lobe.
(n.) That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.
(n.) A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.
(n.) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
(n.) The lugworm.
(v. i.) To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome.
(v. i.) To move slowly and heavily.
(n.) The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.
(n.) Anything which moves slowly.
(n.) A rod or pole.
(n.) A measure of length, being 16/ feet; a rod, pole, or perch.
Typist: Mag
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Pull, tug, haul, drag.
n. [Low.] Heavy load.
Editor: Mary
Definition
n. (Scot.) the ear.—adj. Lugged having ears.—n. Lug′gie a small vessel with ears.
n. (Spens.) a perch or rod of land.
v.t. to pull along: to drag: to pull with difficulty:—pr.p. lug′ging; pa.t. and pa.p. lugged.—ns. Lug′gage the trunks and other baggage of a traveller; Lug′gage-van a wagon for baggage; Lug′ger a small vessel with two or three masts a running bowsprit and long or lug sails; Lug′sail Lug a square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast.—Lug in to introduce without any apparent connection.
Edited by Jessica
Examples
- Many a moral for the young, returned Mr. Wopsle,--and I knew he was going to lug me in, before he said it; might be deduced from that text. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Why should we lug that tub of tripe to the cliff? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Come along, then,' said he of the green coat, lugging Mr. Pickwick after him by main force, and talking the whole way. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They used to yell that at football when you lugged the ball. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She lugged it home, cut it up, and boiled it in the big pot, mashed some of it with salt and butter, for dinner. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- By the aid of another boy I lugged the papers to the train and started folding them. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The cover of the boiler is then closed and fastened by lugs, and steam turned on until the goods in the can are thoroughly heated through. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Checker: Noelle