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"A lug nut."
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"A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure from a screw."
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"text": "While shaving, the poor sod had a fit and cut part of a lug off.",
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"(UK) An ear or ear lobe."
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"A wood box used for transporting fruit or vegetables."
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"text": "They put the lug on him at the courthouse.",
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"A request for money, as for political purposes."
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"(slang) A request for money, as for political purposes."
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"A lugworm."
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"ref": "2013, Paul Burke, The Man Who Fell In Love With His Wife",
"text": "He took another long lug on his cigarette before continuing quietly, 'I've seen too much and it was seriously screwing me up. […]",
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"(informal) A pull or drag on a cigarette."
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"text": "Why do you always lug around so many books?",
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"ref": "c. 1700, Jeremy Collier, A Thought",
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"ref": "1923, P. G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves",
"text": "As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle... the clan has a tendency to ignore me.",
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"ref": "2021 July 14, Anthony Lambert, “Grand designs on superior interiors”, in RAIL, number 935, page 48",
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"(transitive, sometimes figurative) To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull."
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"word": "дърпам"
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "влача"
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "kiskoa"
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"word": "trimbaler"
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"word": "ransir"
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "restexar"
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "yiłjiid"
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "tirassar"
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
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"text": "When driving up a hill, choose a lower gear so you don't lug the engine.",
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"To pull toward the inside rail (\"lugging in\") or the outside rail (\"lugging out\") during a race."
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"(intransitive, horse-racing) To pull toward the inside rail (\"lugging in\") or the outside rail (\"lugging out\") during a race."
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"lifestyle",
"pets",
"racing",
"sports"
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"ref": "1567, George Turberville, Epitome",
"text": "And from the bodies [of pines and oaks] the boughes and loftie lugges they beare.",
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"A measure of length equal to 16+¹⁄₂ feet."
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"A lugsail."
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{
"glosses": [
"A large, clumsy, awkward man; a fool."
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"word": "big lug"
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"An ear or ear lobe."
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"A wood box used for transporting fruit or vegetables."
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"political"
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"(slang) A request for money, as for political purposes."
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"glosses": [
"A lugworm."
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"ref": "2013, Paul Burke, The Man Who Fell In Love With His Wife",
"text": "He took another long lug on his cigarette before continuing quietly, 'I've seen too much and it was seriously screwing me up. […]",
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"feminine"
],
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"feminine"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "protrusion used as a handle or point of attachment",
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],
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"code": "fr",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"text": "Why do you always lug around so many books?",
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"ref": "c. 1700, Jeremy Collier, A Thought",
"text": "They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share.",
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"ref": "1923, P. G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves",
"text": "As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle... the clan has a tendency to ignore me.",
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"ref": "2021 July 14, Anthony Lambert, “Grand designs on superior interiors”, in RAIL, number 935, page 48",
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"text": "When driving up a hill, choose a lower gear so you don't lug the engine.",
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"To run at too slow a speed."
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"(transitive) To run at too slow a speed."
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"To carry an excessive amount of sail for the conditions prevailing."
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"(intransitive, horse-racing) To pull toward the inside rail (\"lugging in\") or the outside rail (\"lugging out\") during a race."
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"hobbies",
"horse-racing",
"horseracing",
"horses",
"lifestyle",
"pets",
"racing",
"sports"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dǎrpam",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "дърпам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vlača",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "влача"
},
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"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "baguod"
},
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "kiskoa"
},
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "trimbaler"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "traîner"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "ransir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "restexar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "acorzoar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "arrousar"
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"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "yiłjiid"
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{
"code": "oc",
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "tirassar"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to haul something heavy",
"word": "kånka"
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],
[
"pole",
"pole"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, dialect) A rod or pole."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"dialectal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English dialectal terms",
"English terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A measure of length equal to 16+¹⁄₂ feet."
],
"links": [
[
"measure",
"measure"
],
[
"length",
"length"
],
[
"feet",
"foot"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, archaic, dialect) A measure of length equal to 16+¹⁄₂ feet."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "rod"
}
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"archaic",
"dialectal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Nautical"
],
"glosses": [
"A lugsail."
],
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"lugsail",
"lugsail"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical) A lugsail."
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up."
],
"links": [
[
"leather",
"leather"
],
[
"loop",
"loop"
],
[
"ear",
"ear"
],
[
"shaft",
"shaft"
]
],
"qualifier": "harness",
"raw_glosses": [
"(harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A loop (or protuberance) found on both arms of a hinge, featuring a hole for the axis of the hinge."
],
"links": [
[
"loop",
"loop"
],
[
"protuberance",
"protuberance"
],
[
"arm",
"arm"
],
[
"hinge",
"hinge"
],
[
"hole",
"hole"
],
[
"axis",
"axis"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A ridge or other protuberance on the surface of a body to increase traction or provide a hold for holding and moving it."
],
"links": [
[
"ridge",
"ridge"
],
[
"protuberance",
"protuberance"
],
[
"traction",
"traction"
],
[
"hold",
"hold"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lʌɡ/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌɡ"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-lug.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/En-au-lug.ogg/En-au-lug.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/En-au-lug.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "lŭg"
}
],
"word": "lug"
}
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