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as in lump
a big clumsy often slow-witted person
get off of my feet, you big lug!
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as in little man
an average or ordinary man
the billionaire industrialist was totally clueless about the concerns of the blue-collar lugs that worked for him
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as in to carry
to support and take from one place to another
I don't understand why he's always lugging all of his books around when his locker is right over there
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Recent Examples of lug
Rylee Johnston, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
There’s a pair for every style and price point in my edit, which spans faux-leather picks from Old Navy, iconic lug-sole mocs from Timberland, and high-end gems from Aeyde.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2025
Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Products can then be tailored to a guest’s exact concerns, eclipsing the need to lug around your whole routine on your travels with you.
—India Brown, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
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Noun
This pair gives you the best of both worlds, including a thick lug sole that grips slippery ground.
—Rylee Johnston, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
There’s a pair for every style and price point in my edit, which spans faux-leather picks from Old Navy, iconic lug-sole mocs from Timberland, and high-end gems from Aeyde.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
Responding firefighters fought the blaze through the night, lugging hose lines from the nearby Harlem River.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Products can then be tailored to a guest’s exact concerns, eclipsing the need to lug around your whole routine on your travels with you.
—India Brown, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lug
Noun
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Lush lumps of rock crab arrived in a flying saucer made of ice and covered with kohlrabi shaved thin as a layer of frost.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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In particular, the bacon bits were chilled and all stuck together in one big, congealed lump along the inside of the bowl.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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What lingers are the fragments that weren’t rehearsed, a voice breaking, a note pulled from the back of a notebook, a chant that filled the room, a line spoken more to a spouse than to the cameras.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Bolt-action rifles, prized for reliability, require the operator to pull the trigger for one round before manually chambering another round.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At around the same time, a tall, college-aged man carrying a black backpack made his way up the stairwell of the nearby Losee Center, a four-story concrete building that houses the student welcome center, among other things.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Green had 2 carries for 21 yards on the possession, and his 15-yard pass to Jalen Brown on second-and-10 was a key play early in the drive.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But keep going, turn a corner, and the museum reveals itself: a field filled with the hulks of old airplanes and a series of hangars that hint at more treasures inside.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
5 Aug. 2025
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Remember: Without the stunning moment when the boat kisses that frozen hulk, this Best Picture winner is just another Romeo and Juliet knockoff.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
Noun
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Unable to identify the deceased person, the man became known as Lee County John Doe in 1977, according to Othram.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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The former Chi Alpha student identified in the lawsuit as John Doe 2 was one of them.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Jayden Daniels’ Washington Commanders haul up to Lambeau Field, a premier destination for leaping into the arms of strangers.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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The plan has long been to haul about 30 of these tubes back to Earth, where they would be studied in far greater detail than Perseverance can achieve with its limited instrument suite — a point Stack Morgan brought up on Wednesday.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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First responders transported him to the U of L Hospital for treatment.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
14 Sep. 2025
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He was transported to a hospital in critical condition before he was later pronounced dead.—
Landon Mion , Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Now, researchers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich are putting these mechanical mutts through their paces on the badminton court, teaching them to play about as well as a seven-year-old human.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
26 Aug. 2025
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The Soviet Sputnik 5 carried mutts Belka and Strelka, 40 mice and two rats.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Lug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lug. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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