lug

1. 1.

   carry with difficulty

   “You'll have to lug this suitcase”

   Synonymstotetug

   Broadertransport
2. 2.

   obstruct

   “My nose is all stuffed”

   “Her arteries are blocked”

   Synonymsstuffchoke upblock

   Broaderclog

Other forms of lug

plural

lugs·

past tense or participle

lugged

present participle

lugging

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lug

What does lug mean?

lug means "ancient Celtic god". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lug?

lug has 1 syllable: lug. In IPA it is /ˈlʌɡ/.

What is another word for lug?

Close synonyms include Lugh, lugsail, lugworm, lobworm, tote. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lug a common word?

lug is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.