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lug

1  [luhg] verb, lugged, lug⋅ging, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to pull or carry with force or effort: to lug a suitcase upstairs.
2. to introduce or interject in an inappropriate or irrelevant manner: to lug personalities into a discussion of philosophy.
3. (of a sailing ship) to carry an excessive amount of (sail) for the conditions prevailing.
–verb (used without object)
4. to pull or tug laboriously.
5. (of an engine or machine) to jerk, hesitate, or strain: The engine lugs when we climb a steep hill.
–noun
6. an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
7. a wooden box for transporting fruit or vegetables.
8. Slang. a request for or exaction of money, as for political purposes: They put the lug on him at the office.
Origin:
1300–50; ME luggen < Scand; cf. Norw lugge, Sw lugga to pull by the hair
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lug 2   (lŭg)   
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

    1. The act of lugging.

    2. Something lugged.

  2. A box for shipping fruit or vegetables.


[Middle English luggen, of Scandinavian origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
lug [ləg]

  1. n.
    a stupid male. (Possibly akin to the sense of “pull” = one who pulls or drags something as a laborer.) : Is this lug bothering you, lady?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

lug  (n.)
1624, "handle of a pitcher," from lugge (Scot.) "earflap of a cap, ear" (1495; in 19c. Scotland this was the only word for "ear"), probably from Scand. (cf. Swed. lugg "forelock," Norw. lugg "tuft of hair"). The connecting notion is "something that can be gripped and pulled." Applied 19c. to mechanical objects that can be grabbed or gripped. Meaning "stupid fellow" is from 1924; that of "lout, sponger" is 1931, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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