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tug - What does it mean?

Definition of 'tug'

English

Verb

(tugg)
  • to pull or drag with great effort
  • The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.
  • to pull hard repeatedly
  • He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.
  • to tow by tugboat
  • Derived terms

    * tug down * tug up

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • a sudden powerful pull
  • * Dryden
  • At the tug he falls, / Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.
  • * {{quote-news
  • |year=2011 |date=September 24 |author=David Ornstein |title=Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton |work=BBC Sport citation |page= |passage=But Van Persie slotted home 40 seconds after the break before David Wheater saw red for a tug on Theo Walcott.}}
  • (nautical) a tugboat
  • (obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
  • (Halliwell)
  • A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
  • (mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
  • (slang) An act of masturbation
  • He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.

    Derived terms

    * tug of war

    Anagrams

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    Similar to 'tug'

    twig, tag, tog, thug, tig, teg, thig, taig, tegg