different between ligger vs lugger

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l???/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l???/

Etymology 1

From Middle English *liggere, variant of Middle English *li?ere (“lier”), equivalent to lie +? -er, or lig +? -er. See ledger.

Noun

ligger (plural liggers)

1. The horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger.
2. A simply supported plank over a stream used as a footbridge.
3. A nether millstone.
4. A coverlet for a bed.

Etymology 2

Noun

ligger (plural liggers)

1. (slang) A freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music or entertainment industry.
   • 2006, "Peaches gets own band", The Sun, 29 August

     Peaches Geldof may be a top showbiz ligger – but now she’s got a group of her own.

   • 2005, "Wicked Whispers", The Mirror, 29 January

     The ligger caused a scene when he begged one reveller to find him some gear – and offered sexual favours in return.

   • 1984, "Killed by Death", BBC, 1 September

     I'm a lone wolf ligger, but I ain't no pretty boy. I'm a backbone shiver and I'm a bundle of joy

Etymology 3

Noun

ligger (plural liggers)

1. A kelt (“thin, recently spawned salmon”).
2. (fishing) A baited fishing line attached to a float, for night fishing, etc.

   Synonyms: ledger, ledger line

Anagrams

• Riggle, riggle

Danish

Verb

ligger

1. present of ligge

Middle English

Noun

ligger

1. Alternative form of lygger

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Verb

ligger

1. present tense of ligge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ligger

1. (non-standard since 2012) present tense of ligge
2. (non-standard since 2012) present tense of liggje

Swedish

Verb

ligger

1. present tense of ligga.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???(?)

Etymology 1

Composed in English of lug +? -er. Attested since the early 17th century.

Noun

lugger (plural luggers)

1. That which lugs in either literal or figurative senses.
2. One who lugs, especially one whose job entails pulling or moving heavy objects.
3. (slang, Australia, US) A conman. [from 20th century]
4. A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.

   Synonyms: picker-up, roper, runner, steerer

   • 2008, Ed Taggert, When the Rackets Reigned (page 187)

     An estimated 50 luggers were employed to bring gamblers to Reading.

Etymology 2

Likely from lugsail,, but compare also Middle Dutch luggen (“to fish with a dragnet”).

Noun

lugger (plural luggers)

1. A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails.
   • 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:

     A good many persons of the pension had gone over to the Cheniere Caminada in Beaudelet's lugger to hear mass.

Translations

Etymology 3

Variant of laggar falcon, from Hindi ????? (laggar).

Noun

lugger (plural luggers)

1. An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.

References

Anagrams

• glurge, gurgle

Danish

Noun

lugger c (singular definite luggeren, plural indefinite luggere)

1. lugger

References

• “lugger” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English lugger

Noun

lugger m (definite singular luggeren, indefinite plural luggere, definite plural luggerne)

1. (nautical) a lugger

References

• “lugger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “lugger” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English lugger

Noun

lugger m (definite singular luggeren, indefinite plural luggerar, definite plural luggerane)

1. (nautical) a lugger

References

• “lugger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.