lug

noun18

1. •
   A lug nut.
2. •
   A part of something which sticks out, used as a handle or support.
3. •
   The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
4. •
   A loop (or protuberance) found on both arms of a hinge, featuring a hole for the axis of the hinge.
5. •
   A ridge or other protuberance on the surface of a body to increase traction or provide a hold for holding and moving it.
6. •
   (UK) An ear or ear lobe.

   • While shaving, the poor sod had a fit and cut part of a lug off.
7. •
   The act of hauling or dragging.
8. •
   That which is hauled or dragged.

   • The pack is a heavy lug.
9. •
   A large, clumsy, awkward man; a fool.
10. •
    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.
11. •
    (informal) A pull or drag on a cigarette.

    • He took another long lug on his cigarette before continuing quietly, 'I've seen too much and it was seriously screwing me up. […] — 2013
12. •
    A lugworm.
13. •
    A lugsail.
14. •
    A wood box used for transporting fruit or vegetables.
15. •
    (slang) A request for money, as for political purposes.

    • They put the lug on him at the courthouse.
16. •
    Anything that moves slowly.

    • whereof the one is quick of cast, trick, and trim both for pleasure and profit: the other is a lug — 1545
17. •
    (dialect, UK) A rod or pole.

    • And from the bodies [of pines and oaks] the boughes and loftie lugges they beare. — 1567
18. •
    (dialect, no longer used) A measure of length equal to 16+¹⁄₂ feet.

    • eight lugs of grownd; / Into the which returning backe, he fell — 1590

verb4

1. •
   To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull.

   • Why do you always lug around so many books?
2. •
   To run at too slow a speed.

   • When driving up a hill, choose a lower gear so you don't lug the engine.
3. •
   To pull toward the inside rail ("lugging in") or the outside rail ("lugging out") during a race.
4. •
   To carry an excessive amount of sail for the conditions prevailing.

noun2

1. •
   Initialism of Linux user group.
2. •
   (slang, disapproving) Initialism of lesbian until graduation.

   • If “bi now, gay later” is one side of an offensive, disrespectful coin, the LUG (or “lesbian until graduation”) stereotype is its counterpart. — 2016