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tug

Syllabification: (tug)
Pronunciation: /təg/
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Definition of tug

verb (tugs, tugging, tugged)

[with object]
  • pull (something) hard or suddenly:she tugged off her boots [no object]:he tugged at Tom’s coat sleeve

noun

  • 1a hard or sudden pull:another tug and it came loose figurativean overwhelming tug of attraction
  • 2short for tugboat.
  • an aircraft towing a glider.
  • 3a loop from a horse’s saddle that supports a shaft or trace.

Derivatives

tugger

noun

Origin:

Middle English: from the base of tow1. The noun is first recorded (late Middle English) in sense 3 of the noun

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