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as in hulks
a big clumsy often slow-witted person
get off of my feet, you big lug!
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as in workers
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 carries
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 lugs
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
10 June 2026
The rubber outsole is equipped with variable lugs for gripping all types of surfaces.
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Kevin Brouillard,
Travel + Leisure,
28 May 2026
The collar includes a thumb screw to lock it into place and two strap lugs.
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Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
13 May 2026
The slip-on boasts a comfy EVA footbed, grippy lugs, and a water-resistant upper.
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Lisa Jhung,
Outside,
26 Mar. 2026
Rendered entirely in black, the shoe gets a thick outsole with lugs.
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Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
11 Feb. 2026
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
There are some minor signs of aging from the environment, but all of the beautiful floral engravings on the side of the case and the lugs are perfectly crisp and intact.
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Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
10 June 2026
The rubber outsole is equipped with variable lugs for gripping all types of surfaces.
—
Kevin Brouillard,
Travel + Leisure,
28 May 2026
The collar includes a thumb screw to lock it into place and two strap lugs.
—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
13 May 2026
The slip-on boasts a comfy EVA footbed, grippy lugs, and a water-resistant upper.
—
Lisa Jhung,
Outside,
26 Mar. 2026
Rendered entirely in black, the shoe gets a thick outsole with lugs.
—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
The show could have montaged its way to a shorter version of the sequence where Carol lugs heavy stone tiles from a home-building depot to her house and places them one by one over the grave site.
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Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lugs
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Far from lumps of rock, the trojans, along with DJ and Dinkinesh (which is the Ethiopian name for the Lucy fossil), are windows into the past, and the storytellers of the Earth's most ancient history.
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Lenders will take the keys and private equity will take its lumps, as designed.
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Before every World Cup game, event workers unfurl a giant version of each country's flag on the field.
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Progressives cite its emphasis on the dignity of work and workers, and on the need for government to regulate working conditions that threaten this dignity.
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Sandoval seemingly tries to wrestle the phone from her before her father tries to intervene and pulls Sandoval off of her.
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Anthropic did not build Claude Tag as a standalone destination that pulls work out of a company's existing tools.
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While the list carries few immediate legal repercussions, it’s widely considered a red flag to investors that can precede more punitive trade restrictions.
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Each of the offenses carries a maximum of 20 years in prison.
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But what happens next is deeply dependent on who AI’s winners (and losers) are.
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But fans who wanted to see an exciting draft night filled with trades for talent as opposed to trades being made for complicated financial minutiae reasons were probably losers.
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These little guys have powerful noise–canceling play back, High-Res audio, and incredible Dolby audio out of the box.
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Hopefully your weekend is as cozy and playful as these sleek little guys.
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Having already been booked for a foul on Brobbey, Fofana hauls down Wilson Isidor and earns his club’s eighth red card of the Premier League season.
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According to the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, the Thunderbirds cost taxpayers about $35 million a year in salaries, aircraft, fuel, rehearsals and the C-17 cargo plane that hauls 50-plus support crew and spare parts to every stop on the tour.
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The blockage of the strait, which normally ferries 20% of the world's oil, sent global energy prices soaring.
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Iran has effectively halted trade traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime trade route that ferries roughly 20% of the world’s petroleum.
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“Lugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lugs. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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