tug
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English [edit]
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.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
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 [edit]
Translations [edit]
to pull with great effort
to pull repeatedly
to tow by tugboat
Noun [edit]
tug (plural tugs)
- 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.
- 2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, BBC Sport:
- (nautical) a tugboat
- (slang) An act of masturbation
- He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
sudden pull
tugboat — see tugboat
Anagrams [edit]
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tug
Scottish Gaelic [edit]
Verb [edit]
tug
- Past tense of thoir
Usage notes [edit]
- This is the dependent form, the basic form being thug.
