Tug

Quick meaning: Tug is a verb meaning (transitive) To pull or drag with great effort.

Meaning

(transitive) To pull or drag with great effort.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To pull hard repeatedly.
2. (transitive) To tow by tugboat.
3. A sudden powerful pull.
4. (nautical) A tugboat.
5. A type of tractor used for moving trailers.
6. (slang, ambitransitive) To masturbate.
7. (obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.

Example Sentences

The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.

Cattiwi came down the steep lane with his five-horse timber-tug

At the tug he falls, / Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.

He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.

Word Forms

• tugs
• tugging
• tugged

Synonyms for tug

Depending on context, synonyms include jerk, drive, push, labor, lug, tugboat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lug, push, jerk, labour, drive, labor.

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