hauling

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Hauling means moving heavy loads or objects from one place to another.

When we talk about hauling, we usually think of big trucks, boats, or machines that help move things around. Imagine a construction site where workers are hauling bricks and lumber to build a new house. Hauling is also used when talking about transportation - for example, a freight train is hauling cargo across the country. Sometimes, people even haul their own belongings when moving to a new home. In all these cases, hauling involves carrying or transporting something heavy over distance.

How common is "hauling"?

Word hauling is considered rare in modern English.
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.

Definitions

verb

To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
Example: to haul logs to a sawmill
To draw or pull something heavy.
To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.
To drag, to pull, to tug.
Followed by up: to summon to be disciplined or held answerable for something.
To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
To steer (a vessel) closer to the wind.
Of the wind: to shift fore (more towards the bow).
To haul ass.
Example: “How fast was he goin’?” / “I don’t know exactly, but he must’ve been haulin’, given where he landed.”