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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
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|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
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