tug

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[edit] English

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[edit] Noun

Singular
tug

Plural
tugs

tug (plural tugs)

  1. a sudden powerful pull
  2. (nautical) a tugboat

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Infinitive
to tug

Third person singular
tugs

Simple past
tugged

Past participle
tugged

Present participle
tugging

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

  1. (transitive) to pull or drag with great effort
    The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.
  2. (transitive) to pull hard repeatedly
    He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.
  3. (transitive) to tow by tugboat

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tug

  1. Past tense of thoir.

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