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lugger.

Someone or something that lugs (“drags or hauls, especially something heavy”).

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlʌɡə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈlʌɡəɹ/General-American
  1. Someone or something that lugs (“drags or hauls, especially something heavy”).

    also · figuratively
  2. Someone or something that lugs (“drags or hauls, especially something heavy”). A person whose job involves moving or pulling heavy objects.

    also · figuratively
  3. Someone or something that lugs (“drags or hauls, especially something heavy”). A person hired to locate potential customers and bring them to a gambling establishment.

    also · figuratively
  4. Someone or something that lugs (“drags or hauls, especially something heavy”). A rower who tends to rely on strength rather than technique.

    also · derogatory · figuratively · slang
  5. Someone or something that lugs (“drags or hauls, especially something heavy”). A con artist.

    Australia · US · also · figuratively · slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English lug Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English lugger From lug (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns, and frequentative verbs).

verb/ˈlʌɡə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈlʌɡəɹ/General-American
  1. Synonym of lug (“to drag or haul (someone or something, especially when heavy); to carry, to pull”).

    transitive
  2. To tease (someone).

    figuratively · obsolete · transitive
  3. To move heavily while, or as if, laden with goods; to lumber.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English lug Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English lugger From lug (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns, and frequentative verbs).

noun/ˈlʌɡə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈlʌɡəɹ/General-American
  1. A small sailing vessel having two or three masts and a running bowsprit, carrying lugsails.

    pearling lugger
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English lug(sail) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er ? English lugger The noun is possibly from lug(sail) (“quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely”) + -er (suffix forming nouns relating to the root words such as by location or purpose), but compare Dutch logger (“small sailing vessel, lugger”), possibly from Middle Dutch loggen, luggen (“to fish with a dragnet”). The verb is derived from the noun.

verb/ˈlʌɡə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈlʌɡəɹ/General-American
  1. To sail a lugger (etymology 2, noun sense 1).

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English lug(sail) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er ? English lugger The noun is possibly from lug(sail) (“quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely”) + -er (suffix forming nouns relating to the root words such as by location or purpose), but compare Dutch logger (“small sailing vessel, lugger”), possibly from Middle Dutch loggen, luggen (“to fish with a dragnet”). The verb is derived from the noun.

noun/ˈlʌɡə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈlʌɡəɹ/General-American
  1. Alternative form of laggar (“the jugger (Falco jugger), a mid-sized falcon native to the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, Iran, and Myanmar”).

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

A variant of laggar.

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