haul
noun
- 1
An act of hauling or pulling, particularly with force; a (violent) pull or tug.
- 2
The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long.
“Getting to his place was a real haul.”
- 3
An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish, illegal loot, or items purchased on a shopping trip.
“The robber’s haul was over thirty items.”
- 4
Short for haul video.
- 5
(ropemaking) A bundle of many threads to be tarred.
verb
- 1
To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
“to haul logs to a sawmill”
- 2
To draw or pull something heavy.
- 3
To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.
- 4
To drag, to pull, to tug.
- 5
Followed by up: to summon to be disciplined or held answerable for something.
- 6
To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
- 7
To steer (a vessel) closer to the wind.
- 8
Of the wind: to shift fore (more towards the bow).
- 9
To haul ass.
““How fast was he goin’?” / “I don’t know exactly, but he must’ve been haulin’, given where he landed.””
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