lug

[US]/lʌɡ/
[UK]/lʌɡ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to drag or pull with force
n. a clumsy person or an ear-shaped object to be carried or pulled around
Word Forms
Plurallugs
Past Participlelugged
Third Person Singularlugs
Past Tenselugged
Present Participlelugging

Phrases & Collocations

lug around

lug boss

lifting lug

Example Sentences

she began to lug her suitcase down the stair.

Can I leave my bag somewhere? It’s very heavy to lug around.

If you drive too slowly in third gear, you'll lug the engine.

A tow lug and crossbolt are installed for attaching a tow bar to the nose gear.

For photoflash, lug type, miniaturized, low leakage current reduces battery consumption.

All Colorado/Canyons, including the Hummer H3, are fitted with 6-lug rims (6 lugs - 5.5" {139.7 mm} bolt circle); both the 2WD and 4WD rims have the same backspacing.

Later insults included fitchcock, muckworm, whiffler, ramscallion, squinny and snool, not to mention such 20th-century additions as tripe-hound, shite-poke, roach and lug.

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