v. & n.
—v. (lugged, lugging)
1 tr. a drag or tug (a heavy object) with effort or violence. b (usu. foll. by round, about) carry (something heavy) around with one.
2 tr. (usu. foll. by in, into) introduce (a subject etc.) irrelevantly.
3 tr. (usu. foll. by along, to) force (a person) to join in an activity.
4 intr. (usu. foll. by at) pull hard.
—n.
1 a hard or rough pull.
2 (in pl.) US affectation (put on lugs).
Etymology: ME, prob. f. Scand.: cf. Sw. lugga pull a person's hair f. lugg forelock
2.
n.
1 Sc. or colloq. an ear.
2 a projection on an object by which it may be carried, fixed in place, etc.
3 esp. US sl. a lout; a sponger; a stupid person.
Etymology: prob. of Scand. orig.: cf. LUG(1)
3.
n. = LUGWORM.
Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.
4.
n. = LUGSAIL.
Etymology: abbr.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.