LUGGED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

lugged

verb

past tense of lug

as in hauled

to cause to follow by applying steady force on lugged the lawn mower out into the backyard

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as in carried

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 lugged But his voodoo streak of good luck finally ran out when ICE lugged him. —

Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026 The Young family — which included the two parents and their two daughters — lugged their trailer all the way from Pennsylvania to be here. —

Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026 Thom Sweeney Pebble Grain Leather Brogue Shoes Thom Sweeney tapped Crockett & Jones to make its brogue, which is distinguished by a pebble grain leather upper and a lightweight Vibram lugged sole. —

Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 4 May 2026 Whale of a Tale Kennedy’s oldest daughter, Kick Kennedy, once told Town & Country that in the 1990s, her father lugged home the head of a whale carcass that had washed up on the beach on Hyannis Port’s Squaw Island. —

Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026 Parents and students lugged backpacks and science projects. —

Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026 Art Hains’ legs felt more tired than usual as he lugged radio gear back to the car after calling Missouri State’s near-upset at Arkansas early in the 2022 football season. —

Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025 Majesticks staff members lugged off bags and equipment into trucks as a representative for Poulter and Stenson said the players would not be speaking to the media. —

Brody Miller, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025 For centuries, humans lugged heavy suitcases. —

David Henkin, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025

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Marin ultimately hauled McNulty to court in 2022, and a judge ordered her to vacate, according to Vanity Fair.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
Before these findings, published in the Journal of Fish Biology, goblin sharks were only filmed or reported after being hooked on a fishing line and hauled to the surface, dying shortly later, the news release states.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 12 June 2026