hauled; hauling; hauls
1
2
: to change the course of (a ship) especially so as to sail closer to the wind
3
: to bring before an authority for interrogation or judgment : hale
haul traffic violators into court
1
a
: the act or process of hauling (see haul entry 1) : pull
The rope stood up under the strain of the haul.
b
: a device for pulling or carting something : a device for hauling
2
a
: the result of an effort to obtain, collect, or win
the burglar's haul
b
: the quantity of fish taken in a single draft of a net
3
a
: the act or process of transporting something in a vehicle : transportation by hauling
… a rail haul meant that several hundred expensive … cars would have to be bought.—
N. M. Clark
N. M. Clark
b
: the length or course of a transportation route
a long haul
c
: a quantity transported : load
a haul of lumber
Phrases
haul ass
informal + impolite
: to move quickly
You'd better haul ass or you'll miss your flight.
… if you get the call from the RuPaul's Drag Race casting team, you need to haul ass down to the Learning Annex and enroll in as many sewing classes as your fingers can take.—Coleman Spilde
Coleman Spilde… I'm printing this thing out and I'm supposed to have left already 20 minutes ago. I literally pull it out of the laser printer hot, put a clip on it, and shove it in a gym bag and haul ass to the airport.—James Cameron, quoted at The Ringer
James Cameron, quoted at The RingerSynonyms
Examples of haul in a Sentence
Verb
They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
The car was hauled away to the junkyard.
We used buckets to haul water up from the river.
She hauled herself to her feet and limped home.
I'm tired of hauling this heavy camera around with me.
The prisoner was hauled away in handcuffs.
They hauled her off to court.
The cattle were hauled by rail.
The company has a fleet of trucks that are used to haul freight.
Noun
each haul of the rope
Authorities seized the drugs in one of the biggest drug hauls in the history of the county.
The kids always collect a substantial haul of candy on Halloween.
It's just a short haul from our cabin to the beach.
Recent Examples on the Web
Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
The weapons were placed in a moving van and hauled away.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
This also stands to reason that the overall box office haul will be significantly less than the original Venom at $856 million, and Let There Be Carnage, despite a big opening day and weekend, only got half of that with $506 million.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Pearsall turned upfield and raced Antoine Winfield Jr. down the sideline, stiff-arming the Tampa Bay safety and fighting off his tackle to reach the end zone just before being hauled out of bounds.
—Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
The weapons were placed in a moving van and hauled away.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
On the conservative end is an $85 million haul, predicted by leading entertainment and technology research firm NRG.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
This also stands to reason that the overall box office haul will be significantly less than the original Venom at $856 million, and Let There Be Carnage, despite a big opening day and weekend, only got half of that with $506 million.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Haul.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haul. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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Etymology
Verb
Middle English halen "to pull," from early French haler (same meaning); of Germanic origin — related to hale entry 2
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