lug

lug ¹  (lg)

n.

1. A handle or projection used as a hold or support.

2. A lug nut.

3. Nautical A lugsail.

4. A projecting part of a larger piece that helps to provide traction, as on a tire or the sole of a boot.

5. A copper or brass fitting to which electrical wires can be soldered or otherwise connected.

6. Slang A clumsy fool; a blockhead.

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[Middle English lugge, earflap, probably of Scandinavian origin.]

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lug ²  (lg)

v. lugged, lug·ging, lugs

v.tr.

1. To drag or haul (an object) laboriously.

2. To pull or drag with short jerks.

3. To cause (an engine, for example) to run poorly or hesitate: If you drive too slowly in third gear, you'll lug the engine.

v.intr.

1. To pull something with difficulty; tug.

2. To move along by jerks or as if under a heavy burden.

3. To run poorly or hesitate because of strain. Used of an engine: The motor lugs on hills.

n.

1. Archaic

a. The act of lugging.

b. Something lugged.

2. A box for shipping fruit or vegetables.

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[Middle English luggen, of Scandinavian origin.]

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lug ¹

Verb

[lugging, lugged] to carry or drag with great effort [probably from Old Norse]

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lug ²

Noun

1. a projecting piece by which something is connected, supported, or lifted

2. Informal & Scot an ear [Scots: ear]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Lug - ancient Celtic god Lugh Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland - an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
	2.	lug - a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast lugsail fore-and-aft sail - any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction junk - any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails lugger - small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails
	3.	lug - a projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something lug wrench - a wrench with jaws that have projecting lugs to engage the object that is to be rotated projection - any structure that branches out from a central support
	4.	lug - marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait lobworm, lugworm class Polychaeta, Polychaeta - marine annelid worms polychaete, polychaete worm, polychete, polychete worm - chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles
Verb	1.	lug - carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase" tote, tug carry, transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"
	2.	lug - obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" choke up, stuff, block clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up, choke - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"

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lug

verb drag, carry, pull, haul, tow, yank, hump Brit. (slang) heave

Translations

lug [lʌg] vt (= drag) → arrastrar

lug [lʌg] vt → traîner, tirer

lug [lʌg] (inf) vt → schleppen

lug [lʌg] vt → trascinare

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lug

v lug [lag]

to drag with difficulty She lugged the heavy trunk across the floor. sleep, trek يَسْحَب، يَجُر влача vléci slæbe; hale zerren σέρνω με δυσκολία arrastrar sikutama به زور کشیدن raahata traîner לִגרוֹר खींचना, घसीटना tegliti cipel menyeret draga, drösla trascinare 引きずる (무거운 것을) 힘껏 끌다 vilkti vilkt; stiept mengheret sjouwen slepe, hale, dra taszczyć arrastar a târî волочить vliecť vleči tegliti släpa, kånka ลาก sürüklemek 硬拉，拖拉 тягти, волочити کسی بھاری چیز کو گھسیٹنا kéo lê 硬拉，拖拉