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Webster 1913 Edition
Tug
Tug
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tugged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tugging
.] 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
His
tugged
cars suffered with a strain. Hudibras.
Tug
,Verb.
I.
1.
To pull with great effort; to strain in labor;
as, to
. tug
at the oar; to tug
against the streamHe
tugged
, he shook, till down they came. Milton.
2.
To labor; to strive; to struggle.
England now is left
To
The unowed interest of proud-swelling state.
To
tug
and scamble and to part by the teethThe unowed interest of proud-swelling state.
Shakespeare
Tug
,Noun.
1.
A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.
At the
Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.
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.)
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.)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tug
TUG
,Verb.
T.
1.
To pull or draw with great effort; to drag along with continued exertion; to haul along. There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar.
2.
To pull; to pluck. --To ease the pain
His tugg'd ears suffer'd with a strain.
TUG
,Verb.
I.
1.
To labor; to strive; to struggle. They long wrestled and strenuously tugged for their liberty. [This is not elegant.]
TUG
,Noun.
At the tug he falls--
Vast ruins come along--
1.
A sort of carriage, used in some parts of England for conveying bavins or faggots and other things.2.
In some parts of New England, the traces of a harness are called tugs.Definition 2024
tug
tug
See also: Tuğ
English
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
- The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.
- (transitive) to pull hard repeatedly
- He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.
- (transitive) to tow by tugboat
Derived terms
- tug down
- tug up
Translations
to pull with great effort
to pull repeatedly
to tow by tugboat
Noun
tug (plural tugs)
- a sudden powerful pull
- Dryden
- At the tug he falls, / Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.
- Dryden
- (nautical) a tugboat
- (obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- 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
Translations
sudden pull
tugboat — see tugboat
Anagrams
Scottish Gaelic
Verb
tug
- past tense of thoir
Usage notes
- This is the dependent form, the basic form being thug.