- present participle of lug.
lugging
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Starting in elementary school, boys are now lugging hundreds of dollars of personal equipment to the diamond—often with elaborate, bright designs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
You’re right that standing up all day is tough, even if you’re not lugging boxes to and from the warehouse or climbing ladders and risking your health to help a customer or to restock shelves.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Groups of all ages converged on the city centre to the sound of drums and guitars, with hardy pilgrims lugging rucksacks and camping material on their backs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
Picture, said Hutchcraft, laborers going up and down the rows with bags on their shoulders, picking orange fruit and filling them, and then lugging the bags to tubs at the ends of rows.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
We scampered through the woods lugging our three poles and the ever-important catch bucket.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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