- lug
- luglug1 [lug]vt.lugged, lugging [ME luggen, prob. < Scand, as in Swed lugga, to pull, lit., pull by the hair < lugg, forelock]1. to carry or drag (something heavy)2. to introduce (a topic, story, etc.) without good reason into a conversation or discoursevi.☆ Horse Racing to veer slightly from a direct course [the favorite lugged in toward the rail]n.[< ?]1. Scot. an ear2. an earlike projection by which a thing is held or supported3. a loop on the side of a harness through which the shaft passes4. any of the heavy bolts which extend out from an axle hub or a disc brake, used, with a lug nut, to mount a wheel5. a shallow box for shipping fruit or produce6. any of a series of raised or projecting areas as on an automobile tire or the sole of a boot, for increasing traction☆ 7. Slang money exacted for political purposes: chiefly in put the lug on, to exact a contribution from8. Slang a fellow, esp. a loutish fellow9. Archaic the act of lugginglug2 [lug]n.short forLUGSAILlug3 [lug]n.[< ?]short for LUGWORM
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.