lug
/lʌɡ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
A lug nut.
noun
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.
Example Sentences
- "a hard lug"
- "The pack is a heavy lug."
- "whereof the one is quick of cast, trick, and trim both for pleasure and profit: the other is a lug"
- "While shaving, the poor sod had a fit and cut part of a lug off."
- "They put the lug on him at the courthouse."
- "He took another long lug on his cigarette before continuing quietly, 'I've seen too much and it was seriously screwing me up. […]"
Etymology
From Middle English luggen, possibly from a Scandinavian/North Germanic source, (compare Swedish lugga, Norwegian lugge); also in English dialectal as lig (“to lug”). Noun is via Scots lugge, probably from Old Norse (compare Norwegian and Swedish lugg). Probably related to slug (“lazy, slow-moving”), which may be from similar source(s).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: luggen, -, lugge
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /lʌɡ/
- British English: /lʌɡ/