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tug
[ tuhg ]
verb (used with object)
- to pull at with force, vigor, or effort.
Synonyms: , ,
- to move by pulling forcibly; drag; haul.
- to tow (a vessel) by means of a tugboat.
verb (used without object)
- to pull with force or effort:
to tug at a stuck drawer.
- to strive hard; labor; toil.
noun
- an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- a strenuous contest between opposing forces, groups, or persons; struggle:
the tug of young minds in a seminar.
- that by which something is tugged, as a rope or chain.
- (on a harness)
- any of various supporting or pulling parts.
tug
/ ʌɡ /
verb
- whenintr, sometimes foll by at to pull or drag with sharp or powerful movements
the boy tugged at the door handle
- tr to tow (a vessel) by means of a tug
- intr to work; toil
noun
- a strong pull or jerk
he gave the rope a tug
- Also calledtugboattowboat a boat with a powerful engine, used for towing barges, ships, etc
- a hard struggle or fight
- a less common word for trace 2
Derived Forms
- ˈٳܲ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٳܲg noun
- ٳܲl adjective
- ܲ·ٳܲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tug1
Example Sentences
They also serve as what is called "protective style", which means minimising the daily pulling and tugging on hair that can cause breakages.
He kept tugging on her blankets to get her attention and would not stop.
"They don't remember a world where Simply doesn’t exist, and it’s the juice they’ve seen in the fridge throughout their lives, so it has a particular tug on their heartstrings."
Dugoni, 38, said he began imagining “device-free” environments where people could get away from the “tug and pull of modern life.”
Martin lacks sufficient hair to have literally tugged his forelock in Trump’s presence, but his position as supplicant — or itinerant entertainer, an Irish tradition if ever there was one — was obvious to all.
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