tug

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Scottish Gaelic 2.1 Verb 2.1.1 Usage notes

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: tŭg, IPA: /tʌɡ/, SAMPA: /tVg/

  Rhymes: -ʌɡ

[edit] Noun

tug (plural tugs)

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

[edit] Derived terms

• tug of war

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of gtu
• gut, GUT

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Verb

tug

1. Past tense of thoir.

[edit] Usage notes

• This is the dependent form, the basic form being thug.