LUGGING

LUG

lug, tote, tug

(verb) carry with difficulty; “You’ll have to lug this suitcase”

stuff, lug, choke up, block

(verb) obstruct; “My nose is all stuffed”; “Her arteries are blocked”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

lugging

present participle of lug

Noun

lugging (plural luggings)

The process by which something is lugged from one place to another; a laborious carrying or dragging.

Anagrams

• uggling

Source: Wiktionary

LUG

Lug, n. Etym: [Sw. lugg the forelock.]

1. The ear, or its lobe. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

2. That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.

3. (Mach.)

Definition: A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.

4. (Harness)

Definition: The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.

5. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The lugworm. Lug bolt (Mach.), a bolt terminating in a long, flat extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt.

Lug, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Lugging.] Etym: [OE. luggen, Sw. lugga to pull by the hair, fr. lugg the forelock.]

Definition: To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome. Dryden. They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share. Collier.

Lug, v. i.

Definition: To move slowly and heavily.

Lug, n.

1. The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.[Colloq.]

2. Anything which moves slowly. [Obs.] Ascham.

Lug, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

1. A rod or pole. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

2. A measure of length, being 16 [Obs.] " Eight lugs of ground." Spenser. Chimney lug, or Lug pole, a pole on which a kettle is hung over the fire, either in a chimney or in the open air. [Local, U.S.] Whittier.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition