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What (who) is lug around - definition
FASTENER, SPECIFICALLY A NUT, USED TO SECURE A WHEEL ON A VEHICLE
Lug Nut; Wheel nut; Wheel bolt; Lug nuts; Lug bolt
![From left: 9 lug nuts and 4 lug nut attached to screw-in [[wheel stud]]s.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wheel Nuts All Details.png?width=200 "From left: 9 lug nuts and 4 lug nut attached to screw-in [[wheel stud]]s.")
![Car with [[wheel stud]]s for use with lug nuts](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andreas Mikkelsen's Car at Service in Gap (4), Rallye Monte-Carlo 2019.jpg?width=200 "Car with [[wheel stud]]s for use with lug nuts")
![Five yellow lug nuts for use on a car with [[wheel stud]]s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TSM350 - 2015 - Stierch 19.jpg?width=200 "Five yellow lug nuts for use on a car with [[wheel stud]]s")
.jpg?width=200 "Car without wheels studs for use with lug bolts")
LUG
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LUG; LUG (disambiguation); Lug (disambiguation); Lugs
lug
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LUG; LUG (disambiguation); Lug (disambiguation); Lugs
v. a.
Pull, tug, haul, drag.
Lug
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LUG; LUG (disambiguation); Lug (disambiguation); Lugs
·noun A rod or pole.
II. Lug ·noun The ear, or its lobe.
III. Lug ·noun Anything which moves slowly.
IV. Lug ·vi To move slowly and heavily.
V. Lug ·noun The Lugworm.
VI. Lug ·noun The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
VII. Lug ·noun A measure of length, being 16/ feet; a rod, pole, or perch.
VIII. Lug ·noun The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.
IX. Lug ·vi To pull with force; to Haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome.
X. Lug ·noun A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, ·etc.
XI. Lug ·noun That which projects like an ear, ·esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.
Wikipedia
Lug nut
A lug nut or wheel nut is a fastener, specifically a nut, used to secure a wheel on a vehicle. Typically, lug nuts are found on automobiles, trucks (lorries), and other large vehicles using rubber tires.
Examples of use of lug around
1. It‘s so convenient to lug around a laptop, that it‘s largely replaced the common notebook.
2. Although uranium is considered easier for terrorists to obtain, it would be too heavy for one person to lug around in a suitcase.
3. If they use special tuning for just part of a concert, as he often does, it means they don‘t have to lug around an extra guitar with the second tuning ready.
4. He said it would be handy for professional musicians who use special tuning for different songs in a concert because they would not have to lug around an extra guitar.
5. Children waved balloons and, one by one, came up to her to pat her on her head, once the old girl had been conviced to come out of her shell for the celebrations. ‘Sadly, Harriet passed away during the night,‘ said senior vet Dr John Hangar. ‘It appears she had an acute heart attack and it would have been very quick, probably while she was asleep. ‘She‘d been a bit under the weather the day before, most likely because her heart was starting to give up.‘ Which is not surprising, considering that she was having to lug around her own body weight and that huge shell which served as a kind of mobile home – a total of 23 stone.