lug
verb/lʌɡ/
/lʌɡ/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they lug | /lʌɡ/ /lʌɡ/ |
| he / she / it lugs | /lʌɡz/ /lʌɡz/ |
| past simple lugged | /lʌɡd/ /lʌɡd/ |
| past participle lugged | /lʌɡd/ /lʌɡd/ |
| -ing form lugging | /ˈlʌɡɪŋ/ /ˈlʌɡɪŋ/ |
- lug something + adv./prep. to carry or drag something heavy with a lot of effort
- I had to lug my bags up to the fourth floor.
- Leave your books here—you don’t want to lug those around with you all day.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLug is used with these nouns as the object:- bag
- baggage
- paid
- …
Word Originverb late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin: compare with Swedish lugga ‘pull a person's hair’ (from lugg ‘forelock’).Want to learn more?
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