lug1

 
Pronunciation: /lʌg/

verb (lugs, lugging, lugged)

[with object and adverbial of direction]
  • carry or drag (a heavy or bulky object) with great effort: she began to lug her suitcase down the stairs
  • be encumbered with: he had lugged his poor wife round for so long

noun

  • a box or crate used for transporting fruit: a truck piled high with wooden lugs of grapes

Derivatives

luggable

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin: compare with Swedish lugga 'pull a person's hair' (from lugg 'forelock')