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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
/ ³Ùʌɡ /
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
- ˈ³Ù³Ü²µ²µ±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù³Ü²µî€ƒg±ð°ù noun
- ³Ù³Ü²µî€ƒl±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·³Ù³Ü²µ²µ±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tug1
Example Sentences
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.â€
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.
In the rarely seen “Man at His Bath,†the tug assumes a culturally determined tension around male nudity.
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