Usually means: Carry or drag with effort.
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We found 45 dictionaries that define the word lug:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. lug: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lug: Merriam-Webster
  3. lug, lug, lug, lug: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Lug, lug, lug: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lug: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Lug, lug: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lug, lug: Wordnik
  8. lug: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Lug: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. LUG, Lug, lug: Wiktionary
  11. lug: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. lug: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. lug: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. Lug, lug: Dictionary.com
  15. lug (n.), lug (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. lug: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. LUG, Lug (disambiguation), Lug (electrical connector), Lug (hinge), Lug: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Lug: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. lug: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. lug: Rhymezone
  21. lug: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. lug: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  23. lug: FreeDictionary.org
  24. lug: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. Lug: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. LUG: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. LUG: CCI Computer
  3. lug: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. lug: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. LUG: Acronym Finder
  3. LUG: Three Letter Words with definitions
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. lug, lug, lug, lug, lug, lug: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. lug: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Lug: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  4. L.U.G, lug: Urban Dictionary
  5. Lug: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lug: Bicycle Glossary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See lugged as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The act of hauling or dragging.
noun:  That which is hauled or dragged.
noun:  Anything that moves slowly.
noun:  A lug nut.
noun:  (electricity) A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure from a screw.
noun:  A part of something which sticks out, used as a handle or support.
noun:  A large, clumsy, awkward man; a fool.
noun:  (UK) An ear or ear lobe.
noun:  A wood box used for transporting fruit or vegetables.
noun:  (slang) A request for money, as for political purposes.
noun:  A lugworm.
noun:  (informal) A pull or drag on a cigarette.
verb:  (transitive, sometimes figurative) To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull.
verb:  (transitive) To run at too slow a speed.
verb:  (transitive, nautical) To carry an excessive amount of sail for the conditions prevailing.
verb:  (intransitive, horse-racing) To pull toward the inside rail ("lugging in") or the outside rail ("lugging out") during a race.
noun:  (UK, dialect) A rod or pole.
noun:  (UK, archaic, dialect) A measure of length equal to 16+¹⁄₂ feet.
noun:  (nautical) A lugsail.
noun:  (harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
noun:  A loop (or protuberance) found on both arms of a hinge, featuring a hole for the axis of the hinge.
noun:  A ridge or other protuberance on the surface of a body to increase traction or provide a hold for holding and moving it.
noun:  Alternative spelling of Lugh [(Irish mythology) A pre-Christian Irish deity represented in mythological texts as a hero and High King of the distant past: the son of Cian and Ethniu.]
noun:  Initialism of lesbian until graduation. [(slang, LGBTQ) A woman of high school or college age who is experimenting with or temporarily adopting a lesbian or bisexual identity.]
noun:  (computing) Initialism of Linux user group.

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