tug

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English tuggen, toggen, from Old English togian (to draw, drag), from Proto-Germanic *tugōnan (to draw, tear), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (to pull). Cognate with Middle Low German togen (to draw), Middle High German zogen (to pull, tear off), Icelandic toga (to pull, draw). Related to tee, tow.

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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 (plural tugs)

  1. a sudden powerful pull
    • 2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, BBC Sport:
      But Van Persie slotted home 40 seconds after the break before David Wheater saw red for a tug on Theo Walcott.
  2. (nautical) a tugboat
  3. (slang) An act of masturbation
    He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.

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Rafsi [edit]

tug

  1. rafsi of tugni.

Scottish Gaelic [edit]

Verb [edit]

tug

  1. Past tense of thoir

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