TUG

tug, jerk

(noun) a sudden abrupt pull

tugboat, tug, towboat, tower

(noun) a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships

tug

(verb) struggle in opposition; “She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts”

tug

(verb) pull hard; “The prisoner tugged at the chains”; “This movie tugs at the heart strings”

tug

(verb) pull or strain hard at; “Each oar was tugged by several men”

tug

(verb) move by pulling hard; “The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud”

lug, tote, tug

(verb) carry with difficulty; “You’ll have to lug this suitcase”

tug

(verb) tow (a vessel) with a tug; “The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor”

tug, labor, labour, push, drive

(verb) strive and make an effort to reach a goal; “She tugged for years to make a decent living”; “We have to push a little to make the deadline!”; “She is driving away at her doctoral thesis”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

tug (third-person singular simple present tugs, present participle tugging, simple past and past participle tugged)

(transitive) to pull or drag with great effort

(transitive) to pull hard repeatedly

(transitive) to tow by tugboat

Noun

tug (plural tugs)

A sudden powerful pull.

(nautical) A tugboat.

(obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.

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.

Anagrams

• GUT, UTG, gut

Source: Wiktionary

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Tug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Tugging.] Etym: [OE. toggen; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G. zucken to jerk, draw, Icel. toga to draw, AS. téon, p. p. togen, to draw, G. ziehen, OHG. ziohan, Goth. tiuhan, L. ducere to lead, draw. Cf. Duke, Team, Tie, v. t., Touch, Tow, v. t., Tuck to press in, Toy a plaything.]

1. To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port. There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar. Roscommon.

2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs.] To ease the pain, His tugged cars suffered with a strain. Hudibras.

Tug, v. i.

1. To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream. He tugged, he shook, till down they came. Milton.

2. To labor; to strive; to struggle. England now is left To tug and scamble and to part by the teeth The unowed interest of proud-swelling state. Shak.

Tug, n.

1. A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort. At the tug he falls, Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls. Dryden.

2. A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

3. (Naut.)

Definition: A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.

4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.

5. (Mining.)

Definition: An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. Tug iron, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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